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What are the components of Qiai essential oil? A complete guide to Qiai

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The Qiai plant is tall, 150-250 cm high, with a strong aroma; the leaves are thick and papery, densely and thickly covered with hairs, the middle leaves are pinnately lobed, the upper leaves are usually undivided, elliptical or oblong, up to 7-8 cm long and 1.5 cm wide, and the leaves often become cotton-like when rubbed; used as medicine, it is warm in nature, bitter, pungent, and slightly sweet. Qiai volatile oil contains acetate ester, 1,8-cineole, camphene hydrate (camphene hydrote), camphor, borneol (borneol), etc., and contains thujone. Pharmacological analysis shows that the volatile oil has an inhibitory effect on a variety of molds, cocci, and bacilli, and also has anti-asthmatic and anti-tussive effects.

The whole Qiai plant is used as medicine, and has effects such as warming the meridians, removing dampness, dispelling cold, stopping bleeding, reducing inflammation, relieving asthma, relieving cough, preventing miscarriage, and anti-allergy. Medical texts through the ages record it as an "essential medicine for stopping bleeding," and it is also one of the commonly used gynecological medicines, especially good for treating gynecological disorders of the deficiency-cold type; it also treats chronic bronchitis and asthma in the elderly. When boiled in water for bathing, it can prevent and treat maternal and infant infections during the puerperium, or it can be made into medicinal pillows and medicinal vests to prevent and treat chronic bronchitis or asthma in the elderly and deficiency-cold stomach pain, etc.; the mugwort leaves are sun-dried and pounded to obtain "moxa floss," which is made into moxa sticks for moxibustion and can also be used as a raw material for "ink paste." In addition, the whole plant is used as an insecticidal pesticide or burned as smoke for room disinfection and as an insecticide. The tender buds and young seedlings are used as vegetables.

Components of Qiai essential oil:

The main components of Qiai essential oil are ethyl acetate, 1.8-cineole, camphene hydrate, camphor, 2-terpineol, carvone, thujone, and isothujone. The latter two are unique to Qiai essential oil and are not contained in other mugwort essential oils  .

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