Wiseman’s Chinese Medical Database

liú jì nú / 刘寄奴 / 劉寄奴 / anomalous artemisia

Latin pharmacognostic name: Artemisiae Anomalae Herba

Alternate English names:

Alternate Chinese names: 金寄奴 jīn jì nú; 寄奴 jì nú; 刘寄奴草 liú jì nú cǎo

Origin: Plant

Use: medicinal

Category: Blood-Quickening Stasis-dispelling agents / Blood-quickening menses-regulating agents

Properties: Bitter; warm; nontoxic*.

Channel entry: heart and spleen channels.

Indications:

Breaks blood and frees menstruation; dispels stasis and relieves pain; disperses food and transforms accumulations.

blood stasis amenorrhea and postpartum abdominal pain; concretions and conglomerations; injury from knocks and falls; bleeding from incised wounds; food accumulations with abdominal pain.

Dosage & Method:

Oral: Decoct (4.5–9); use in powder preparation. Topical: Sprinkle crushed or ground to a powder on the affected area.

Warning:

Contraindicated in qì-blood vacuity and spleen vacuity with diarrhea.

Quality:

The best quality has green leaves and plentiful yellow inflorescences and has no signs of mold.

Product Area:

Héběi, Shāndōng, Jiāngsū, Zhèjiāng, Jiāngxī.