Pharmaceutical Name:

Folium Artemisiae Argyi

Botanical Name:

Artemisia argyi Levl. Et Vant.

Common Name:

Mugwort leaf

Source of Earliest Record:

Mingyi Bielu

Part 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

Meridians:

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.