Ai Rong is the raw material for making moxa sticks and the main raw material for moxibustion. Made of dried leaves of Artemisia annua, a compositae plant, it is gray in color, soft as velvet, nonflammable and flameless, and fragrant in smell, and suitable for moxibustion.
According to the processing degree, it can be divided into coarse and fine. The thick ones are mostly used for warming needles or making moxa sticks, and the thin ones are mostly used for making moxa sticks. The old texture is better. Folium Artemisiae Argyi is warm, and the cooked products have the function of warming and tonifying, mainly focusing on lighting, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, regulating qi and relieving pain. It is a very important medicine in gynecology. Wormwood has less impurities, does not burn too much moxa smoke, and has a soft taste.
It is suggested that patients should be careful when lighting moxa in daily life to prevent fire.