Drug name: Jingjie
Nicknames: Shepherd's purse and Artemisia scoparia
Source: "Wu Pu Ben Cao"
Classification: Antitumor drugs
Origin: Produced in most parts of the country, mainly in Jiangsu, Jiangxi, and Hubei provinces
Sex and taste: slightly warm in nature, spicy in taste
Meridian return: return to the lung and liver meridians
Effect: dispelling wind and relieving external symptoms, stopping bleeding, penetrating rash and reducing sores
Indications: Cold and hot colds, headache, impenetrable measles, rubella and itching, initial onset of sores and ulcers
Character identification
The stem of this product is square and columnar, with branches on the upper part, measuring 50-80cm in length and 0.2-0.4cm in diameter; The surface is light yellow green or light purple red, covered with short and soft fur; Lightweight, brittle, with a white cross-section. Leaves opposite, mostly detached, with 3-5 pinnate divisions and slender lobes. The spike shaped inflorescence is terminal, 2-9cm long, with a diameter of approximately 0.7cm. Corolla often shedding, persistent calyx campanulate, apex 5-toothed, light brown or yellow green, covered with short pubescence; Nuts are brown black in color. The aroma is fragrant, with a slightly astringent and spicy taste.
Usage: decoction, 4.5-9g, not suitable for prolonged decoction. Publish that it is suitable for transdermal and anti ulcer use; It is advisable to stir fry to stop bleeding.
External use: mash and apply, grind and mix, or boil and wash.
Chemical composition: This product contains volatile oil, mainly composed of D-menthone, racemic menthone, piperonone, and a small amount of D-limonene. It also contains resveratrol, resveratrol, flavonoids, and other compounds.
pharmacological action 
Jingjie decoction can enhance skin blood circulation, increase sweat gland secretion, and have a slight antipyretic effect; It has strong antibacterial effects on Staphylococcus aureus and Diphtheria, and has certain inhibitory effects on Salmonella, Shigella, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Chinese herbal formula
1. To treat hemorrhoids, leakage, swelling, and pain: Boil Jingjie soup and wash it daily. (Simplified and Unilateral)
2. Treatment of Urinary and Hematuria: Schizonepeta japonica, Shasha, etc., divided equally, as the end. Drink three coins of glutinous rice and take three servings a day. ("Bianhu Ji Jian Fang")
3. To treat wind heat and lung obstruction, sore throat, inability to speak, or if there is something choking up: half a liang of Jingjie ear, two liang of Platycodon grandiflorus, one or two liang of licorice (roasted), with coarse powder on the top. Take four yuan per serving, one cup of water, three slices of ginger, pan fry for six minutes, remove any residue, and take warm after eating. (Ju Fang Jing Ji Tang)
It is recorded in the ancient books that "Benjing": it mainly focuses on cold and heat, pestis, scrofula causing sores, breaking the gathering of qi, blood stasis, and dampness removing arthralgia. The Shennong Materia Medica Classic: It mainly deals with cold and heat, mouse fistula, scrofula and sores, breaking and gathering qi, lowering blood stasis, and removing dampness and obstruction. "The Treatise on Medicinal Nature": It treats evil wind and thief wind, with evil in the mouth and face, stubborn numbness throughout the body, heart deficiency and forgetfulness, and enhances strength and essence. Master in warding off evil and toxic gases, eliminating fatigue, and treating swelling.