Can pregnant women drink Artemisia capillaris water?

Artemisia capillaris water refers to the water prepared from the tender leaves of Artemisia capillaris. Artemisia capillaris water is good for humans. It can lower blood pressure for patients with hypertension and can also act as a diuretic. Decocting Artemisia capillaris is an effective antibacterial drug. Artemisia capillaris also contains caffeic acid which can enhance human immunity. Pregnant women need to pay special attention to their diet during pregnancy. Many people have questions about whether pregnant women can drink Artemisia capillaris water. Let us introduce it below.

Can pregnant women drink Artemisia capillaris water?

It is okay for pregnant women to drink a moderate amount of Artemisia capillaris water. Drinking Artemisia capillaris water has the following effects:

1. Lowers blood pressure

People with high blood pressure, especially middle-aged and elderly patients, can take Artemisia capillaris to lower their blood pressure. Experiments have shown that Artemisia capillaris can significantly lower blood pressure in rats, cats and rabbits under general or local anesthesia. The antihypertensive effect is stronger than that of methyldopa. Intravenous injection of 10 mg/kg in dogs can reduce blood pressure by 58.6%, which lasts for 160 minutes. At the same dose, methyldopa can reduce blood pressure by 12.4%, which lasts for 120 minutes. Artemisinin also has a diuretic effect.

2. Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory

The decoction of Artemisia capillaris can have a certain degree of inhibitory effect on different types of bacilli, such as common Staphylococcus aureus, diphtheria Corynebacterium, anthrax Corynebacterium, typhoid Salmonella, paratyphoid A Salmonella, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Shigella dysenteriae, Shigella dysenteriae, meningococcus, Bacillus subtilis, etc. When decocting the medicine, only 10% of Artemisia capillaris is needed to inhibit the growth of human tuberculosis bacteria.

3. Provide immunity

Artemisia capillaris can effectively improve the body's immunity, because the caffeic acid in Artemisia capillaris has the effects of increasing the number of white blood cells, promoting choleresis and hemostasis, and anti-fertility. It can effectively promote the division of white blood cells, increase the number of white blood cells, and enhance the immune activity of T cells. It participates in the body's immune regulation and inducing interferon, thereby improving the body's immune function from many aspects.

How to eat Artemisia capillaris and its efficacy

(1) Cold salad with Artemisia capillaris 250g Artemisia capillaris, appropriate amounts of salt, MSG, sugar and sesame oil. Remove impurities from the Artemisia capillaris, wash it clean, blanch it in boiling water, take it out, wash it, squeeze out the water, cut it into pieces and put it on a plate. Add salt, MSG, sugar and sesame oil, and mix well when eating.

Efficacy: Clears heat and promotes diuresis. It is suitable for symptoms such as damp-heat jaundice, difficulty urinating, itchy sores and scabies, blurred vision, night blindness, etc.

(2) Artemisia capillaris porridge: 60g Artemisia capillaris, 100g polished rice, and appropriate amount of white sugar. First wash the Artemisia capillaris, boil the juice, remove the residue, add the japonica rice and appropriate amount of water to cook porridge. When it is almost cooked, add appropriate amount of white sugar and cook until the porridge is done.

Efficacy: It strengthens the spleen and stomach, promotes bile secretion and reduces jaundice. It is suitable for the recovery period of chronic hepatitis and is very helpful in completely eradicating the disease.

(3) Artemisia capillaris and dried ginger drink: 15 grams of Artemisia capillaris, 4 jujubes, 6 grams of dried ginger, and appropriate amount of brown sugar. Boil Artemisia capillaris, jujube, dried ginger and brown sugar together, eat the jujube and drink the soup.

Efficacy: Strengthens the spleen and stomach, eliminates dampness and reduces jaundice. It has certain effects on chronic hepatitis, spleen deficiency and dampness, loss of appetite, indigestion, diarrhea, etc.

Pharmacological Action

Choleretic effect:

The decoction, water extract, water extract without volatile oil, volatile oil, alcohol extract, 6,7-dimethoxycoumarin, chlorogenic acid, etc. of this product all have the effect of promoting bile secretion and promoting choleresis. Capillariformis, capillariformis diacetyl, and capillariformis lactone also have the effect of promoting bile secretion and excretion.

Effects on the Liver:

Rats with liver damage caused by carbon tetrachloride were given subcutaneous injections of 0.61 grams of Artemisia capillaris decoction every day. Histological examination was performed on the 8th day. It was found that the swelling, ballooning, fatty degeneration and necrosis of liver cells in the treatment group were alleviated to varying degrees compared with those in the control group; the glycogen and ribonucleic acid contents of liver cells were restored or close to normal, and the serum alanine aminotransferase activity was significantly decreased, indicating that it still has a certain liver-protecting effect. Certain flavonoids and coumarins in Artemisia capillaris have anti-cytotoxic effects on rat hepatocytes induced by carbon tetrachloride or galactose.

Antipyretic effect:

Experiments show that the aqueous suspension of Capillarin has a significant effect on lowering the normal body temperature of mice and rats.

Effects of lowering blood lipids, dilating coronary arteries and promoting fibrinolysis:

Experiments have shown that Artemisia capillaris has a certain anti-atherosclerotic effect.