Herba Artemisiae Scopariae:Yin Chen,Artemisia capillaris,folk legend and fascinating applications!

Contents

• Botanical Info of Herba Artemisiae Scopariae.
• Plant Descriptions and Habitat:Artemisia capillaris.
• Food Uses of Artemisia capillaris.
• Legend:Yin Chen and Qing Hao.
• Constituents and Phytochemicals.
• Medicinal Uses of Yin Chen,Artemisia capillaris seedling.
• Liver and Gall-Baldder protection of Yin Chen,Artemisia capillaris seedling.
• Research Update:Herba Artemisiae Scopariae.

Food Uses of Artemisia capillaris.:

 Yin Chen,folk name as Bai Hao,seedlings of perennial herb Asteraceae plant Artemisia capillaris Thunb,grow and spread to most areas of China,collect in spring,the quality fresh and fragrance the better,used as main herb to treat jaundice with damp-heat pathogen in TCM.Modern research proved,Yin Chen has high medicine values,rich in Vitamin C and vitamin B,many necessary minerals and over than 20 kinds of amino acids,very good for health and well being.Eat more Yin Chen during spring when Yin Chen growing out in big volumes,benefit for health and prevent many disease,some taken method of Yin Chen introduced as below for reference:


 Mixed cold Yin Chen:fresh seedling of Artemisia capillaris Thunb 250 grams,white sugar,benne oil quantum satis.Clean the seedling and washing,boil in water then taken out to clean,cut into pieces and put in the plate,add salt,white sugar,gourmet powder,benne oil,mixed and ready to enjoy.This vegetable looks greenish with fragrance,sweet and tasty,good to treat dampt-heat pathogen,expelling wind and bright eyes.Good for treatment of jaundice with damp-heat pathogen,difficulty in micturition,scabies,dim-sighted,night blindness.
 

 Yin Chen Hao Steamed corn bread:fresh Yin Chen 100 grams,rice and flour.Clean Yin Chen then pound to get the liquid,add some water then mix with flour,make into corn bread,steam cook,this food has some effects to treatment of acute icterohepatitis.

 Yin Chen Hao Lotus leaf porridge:Yin Chen Hao 25 grams,fresh lotus leaf 1 piece,rice 100 grams,white sugar quantum satis.Clean Yin Chen Hao and lotus leaf with water to make soup,screen liquid then add liquid with crude rice to boil,just the porridge ready,add white sugar and complete.This porridge color light green,fragrant and sweet,good for spleen and stomach,normalizing gallbladder to cure jaundice.Better for patient recovery phase of chronic hepatitis,show some effects for recovery.
 


 Yin Chen Honey Tea:Yin Chen 10 grams,honey quantum satis.Soak Yin Chen in cold boiled water a while,then screen water,add honey and hot water,soak and drink.This Tea got some effects to treatment of acute icterohepatitis.

Reference:

• 1.Herba Artemisiae Scopariae:Yin Chen,Artemisia capillaris,folk legend and fascinating applications!

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♣ last edit date:22nd,Oct.2010.