Artemisia argyi is tall, with a height of 150 ~ 250 cm, and has a strong aroma. The leaves are thick and papery, the coat is dense and thick, the middle leaves are feathery, the upper leaves are usually undivided, oval or oblong, the longest is 7-8 cm, the width is 1.5 cm, and the leaves are often kneaded into cotton wool. As a medicine, it is warm in nature, bitter in taste, pungent and slightly sweet.
Artemisia argyi is produced in Qichun County, Hubei Province. Qichun County is long and narrow, shaped like a sail, high in the north and low in the south.
Production status
By the end of 20 17, there were more than 35 moxa-related enterprises 1 135 in Qichun County, including 246 contiguous Artemisia argyi planting bases with an area of 100 mu and 2 contiguous bases 12 with an area of 65,438 mu.
Qichun has successively developed nearly 1,000 kinds of health products in 8 series, including moxa sticks, moxa sticks, daily chemicals, essential oils and moxibustion patches, and there are about 4,000 brand chain health centers under the name of mugwort. The annual output value of mugwort industry is more than 3 billion yuan, and the annual output value of big health industry is 654.38+0 billion yuan.