| 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. |
