Mugwort Leaf (Aiye)

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.