Mugwort Leaf (Aiye)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Folium Artemisiae Argyi |
| Botanical Name: | Artemisia argyi Levl. Et Vant. |
| Common Name: | Mugwort leaf |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Mingyi Bielu |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: | The leaves are gathered in spring or summer, when the Mugwort is flowering. They are dried in a shady place. |
| Properties and Taste: | Bitter, pungent, and warm |
| Meridian: | Liver, spleen and kidney |
| Functions: | To warm the channels and stop bleeding To dispel cold and stop pain |
| Indications and Combinations: | 1. Hemorrhages due to deficiency and cold, especially uterine bleeding. *Use with Donkey hide gelatin (Ejiao) in the formula Jiao Ai Tang. 2. Deficiency and cold in the lower jiao manifested as abdominal cold pain, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, and leukorrhagia. *Use with Chinese angelica root (Danggui), Cyperus tuber (Xiangfu), Chuanxiong rhizome (Chuanxiong) and Lindera root (Wuyao). |
| Dosage: | 3-10 g |
| Note: | This herb is used for moxibustion and can be made into moxa sticks or used as moxa cones. It warms meridians and promotes the circulation of Qi and blood. |