奇蒿，中药名。为菊科植物奇蒿ArtemisiaanomalaS.Moore的带花全草。分布于河南、江苏、浙江、安徽、江西、福建、台湾、湖北、湖南、广东、广西、四川、贵州。具有清暑利湿，活血行瘀，能经止痛之功效。常用于中暑，头痛，肠炎，痢疾，经闭腹痛，风湿疼痛，跌打损伤，外用治创伤出血，乳腺炎。
Qi-hao, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. It is the flowering aerial part of Artemisia anomala S. Moore, a plant of the Asteraceae family. It is distributed in Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, and Guizhou. It has the functions of clearing heat, eliminating dampness, promoting blood circulation, and relieving pain. It is commonly used for heatstroke, headache, enteritis, dysentery, abdominal pain due to menstrual disorders, rheumatic pain, bruises, and external application for treating traumatic bleeding and mastitis.

功效作用 功能
Efficacy and Functions

清暑利湿，活血行瘀，能经止痛。主治
Clearing summer-heat and dampness, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and relieving pain. It is mainly used to treat...

用于中暑，头痛，肠炎，痢疾，经闭腹痛，风湿疼痛，跌打损伤，外用治创伤出血，乳腺炎。用法用量
Indicated for heatstroke, headache, enteritis, dysentery, abdominal pain due to menstrual disorders, rheumatic pain, bruises, external application for treating bleeding wounds, and mastitis. Dosage and administration.

15-30g；外用适量，鲜品捣烂或干品研粉敷患处。注意事项
15-30g; for external use, apply an appropriate amount of fresh product mashed or dried product powdered to the affected area. Precautions

孕妇忌服。药理作用
Pregnant women should avoid taking it. Pharmacological effects.

1、抗炎作用；2、抗血栓、抗血小板聚集作用；3、增强耐缺氧能力；4、抗菌作用；5、抗生育作用；6、抗氧化作用；7、促进创伤愈合作用。临床应用 相关配伍

1. Anti-inflammatory effect; 2. Anti-thrombotic and anti-platelet aggregation effects; 3. Enhanced tolerance to hypoxia; 4. Antibacterial effect; 5. Contraceptive effect; 6. Antioxidant effect; 7. Promotion of wound healing. Clinical applications and relevant combinations.

1、治消化不良，疳积：鲜奇蒿30-60g。水煎服，每日2剂，连服3-5天。2、治丝虫病、象皮腿：奇蒿根120g。水煎服。3、治扭挫伤肿痛：鲜奇蒿30g，米酒适量。酒水各半煎，或捣烂绞汁，冲热酒服。4、治经闭腹痛：奇蒿30g，红糖30g。水煎去渣，冲入红糖，加适量米酒服。5、治外伤出血：奇蒿适量。烘干，研细末，干洒伤口；或用鲜叶，捣烂外敷伤口。6、治急性乳腺炎初起：奇蒿30-60g。水煎服，每日1剂。7、治产后恶露不尽：奇蒿30g，桃仁6g，大血藤30g，益母草20g，红糖5g。水煎，加红糖，附注

1. For treating indigestion and accumulation of food stagnation: Fresh Artemisia anomala (Qi Hao) 30-60g. Decoct in water, take 2 doses daily, continuously for 3-5 days.2. For treating filariasis and elephantiasis: 120g of Artemisia anomala (Qi Hao) roots. Decoct in water and take orally.3. For treating sprains and bruises with swelling and pain: Fresh Artemisia anomala (Qi Hao) 30g, moderate amount of rice wine. Decoct in equal parts of wine and water, or mash and squeeze out the juice, then drink with hot wine.4. For treating menstrual cramps and abdominal pain: Artemisia anomala (Qi Hao) 30g, brown sugar 30g. Decoct in water, remove residue, mix with brown sugar, and take with a suitable amount of rice wine.5. For treating external bleeding due to trauma: Artemisia anomala (Qi Hao) in appropriate amount. Dry and grind into fine powder, sprinkle on the wound; or use fresh leaves, mash and apply externally on the wound.6. For treating early stage of acute mastitis: Artemisia anomala (Qi Hao) 30-60g. Decoct in water and take orally, once daily.7. For treating postpartum lochia retention: Artemisia anomala (Qi Hao) 30g, peach kernel 6g, Spatholobus suberectus vine 30g, Leonurus japonicus (Yi Mu Cao) 20g, brown sugar 5g. Decoct in water, add brown sugar as needed.

另有金丝桃科的元宝草HypericumsampsoniiHance和湖南连翘H.ascyronL.亦作刘寄奴用。加工炮制 采收加工
In addition, there is also Hypericum sampsonii Hance and Hypericum ascyron L. from the Hypericaceae family, which are also used as Liu Jinu. Processing involves harvesting and processing.

8-9月间花期采收，连根拔起晒干，打成捆，防止夜露雨淋变黑。炮制方法
The flowers are harvested between August and September when they are in bloom. They are uprooted with the roots intact, dried in the sun, tied into bundles to prevent them from turning black due to exposure to dew and rain at night. This is the processing method.

洗去杂质泥土，晾过夜，切段，晒干生用。药材鉴别 药材性状
Wash away impurities and dirt, air dry overnight, cut into sections, and sun dry for later use. Identification of medicinal herbs and their characteristics.

为带花的全草。茎圆柱形，直径2-4mm，表面棕黄色或棕褐色，有纵条纹。质硬而脆，折断面黄白色，边缘有纤维。中央有疏松的髓。叶互生，多干枯皱缩，上表面暗绿色，下表面灰绿色，均密被白毛。质脆易碎。枝梢生黄包头状花序，密集成圆锥状。气芳香，味淡。以叶绿，花穗多而黄者为佳。植物学信息 植物种属
It is a whole herb with flowers. The stem is cylindrical, with a diameter of 2-4mm, and the surface is brownish-yellow or brownish-brown with longitudinal stripes. It is hard and brittle, with a yellowish-white fracture surface and fibrous edges. There is loose pith in the center. The leaves are opposite, mostly dry and wrinkled, with a dark green upper surface and a grayish-green lower surface, both densely covered with white hairs. The quality is brittle and easily broken. The branch tips bear dense yellow capitulum-like inflorescences, densely arranged in a conical shape. It has a fragrant smell and a mild taste. Leaves that are green and flowers that are abundant and yellow are considered superior. Botanical information: Plant species.

菊科植物奇蒿。形态特征
Chrysanthemum-like plant Artemisia anomala. Morphological characteristics.

奇蒿：多年生草本。主根稍明显或不明显，侧根多数；根状茎稍粗，直径3-5毫米，弯曲，斜向上。茎单生，稀2至少数，高80-150厘米，具纵棱，黄褐色或紫褐色，初时被微柔毛，后渐脱落；上半部有分枝，枝弯曲，斜向上或略开展，长5-15厘米。叶厚纸质或纸质，上面绿色或淡绿色，初时微有疏短柔毛，后无毛，背面黄绿色，初时微有蛛丝状绵毛，后脱落；下部叶卵形或长卵形，稀倒卵形，不分裂或先端有数枚浅裂齿，先端锐尖或长尖，边缘具细锯齿，基部圆形或宽楔形，具短柄，叶柄长3-5毫米；中部叶卵形、长卵形或卵状披针形，长9-12(-15)厘米，宽2.5-4(-5.5)厘米，先端锐尖或长尖，边缘具细锯齿，基部圆形或宽楔形，叶柄长2-4(10)毫米；上部叶与苞片叶小，无柄。头状花序长圆形或卵形，直径2-2.5毫米，无梗或近无梗，在分枝上端或分枝的小枝上排成密穗状花序，并在茎上端组成狭窄或稍开展的圆锥花序；总苞片3-4层，半膜质至膜质，背面淡黄色，无毛，外层总苞片小，卵形，中、内层总苞片长卵形、长圆形或椭圆形；雌花4-6朵，花冠狭管状，檐部具2裂齿，花柱长，伸出花冠外，先端2叉，叉端钝尖；两性花6-8朵，花冠管状，花药线形，先端附属物尖，长三角形，基部圆钝，花柱略长于花冠，先端2叉，叉端截形，并有睫毛。瘦果倒卵形或长圆状倒卵形。花果期6-11月。分布区域
Artemisia anomala: A perennial herb. The main root is slightly prominent or not obvious, with many lateral roots; the rhizome is slightly thick, 3-5 millimeters in diameter, curved, and slanting upwards. The stem is solitary, rarely 2 to several, 80-150 centimeters tall, with longitudinal ridges, yellow-brown or purple-brown, initially covered with fine soft hairs, which later fall off; the upper half has branches, which are curved, slanting upwards or slightly spreading, 5-15 centimeters long. The leaves are thick and papery, green or light green on the upper surface, initially with sparse short soft hairs, later becoming hairless, yellow-green on the back, initially with silky hairs, which later fall off; the lower leaves are ovate or lanceolate, rarely oblong, undivided or with several shallowly lobed teeth at the apex, acute or acuminate at the apex, with fine serrations on the margin, rounded or broadly wedge-shaped at the base, with short petioles, 3-5 millimeters long; the middle leaves are ovate, lanceolate, or ovate-lanceolate, 9-12(-15) centimeters long, 2.5-4(-5.5) centimeters wide, acute or acuminate at the apex, with fine serrations on the margin, rounded or broadly wedge-shaped at the base, with petioles 2-4(10) millimeters long; the upper leaves and bracteal leaves are small, without petioles. The capitulum is oblong or ovate, 2-2.5 millimeters in diameter, sessile or nearly sessile, arranged in dense spike-like capitula at the upper end of the branches or on the small branches of the branches, forming a narrow or slightly spreading conical capitulum at the upper end of the stem; the involucre consists of 3-4 layers, membranous to membranous, pale yellow on the back, hairless, with the outer involucral bracts small, ovate, and the middle and inner involucral bracts elongate-ovate, oblong, or elliptic; the pistillate flowers are 4-6, with a narrow tubular corolla, 2-lobed at the limb, the style long, extending beyond the corolla, bifurcated at the apex, with blunt tips at the bifurcation; the perfect flowers are 6-8, with a tubular corolla, linear anthers, appendages pointed at the tip, triangular in shape, blunt at the base, the style slightly longer than the corolla, bifurcated at the apex, with truncate tips, and with cilia. The achene is oblong or oblong-elliptic. The flowering and fruiting period is from June to November. Distribution area.

分布于河南、江苏、浙江、安徽、江西、福建、台湾、湖北、湖南、广东、广西、四川、贵州。生长环境
Distributed in Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou. Growing environment.

生于低海拔地区林缘、路旁、沟边、河岸、灌丛及荒坡等地。
Born in low-altitude areas such as forest edges, roadsides, ditches, riverbanks, thickets, and barren slopes.