Moxibustion is a therapeutic method to prevent and treat diseases by stimulating acupuncture points or specific parts on the body surface with moxa heat generated by moxibustion materials made of folium Artemisiae Argyi, and regulating the physiological and biochemical functions of human disorders by stimulating menstrual activities.

The moxa stick is made from the precious Chinese herbal medicine Artemisia argyi, which is one of Artemisia argyi and absinthe. It was named after it was produced in qi zhou (formerly called Qichun County). Therefore, moxa sticks are a specialty of Qichun County, Li Shizhen's hometown. The moxa sticks contain 17 kinds of known compounds, and the contents of volatile oil, total flavonoids and combustion calorific value are obviously better than those of moxa sticks produced in other regions. The effect of moxa stick moxibustion is far better than that of ordinary moxa sticks.

Folium Artemisiae Argyi, bitter and pungent, nontoxic, washable and smokable. It can warm the middle warmer, dispel cold and remove dampness, and cure many diseases. Compendium of Materia Medica contains: Artemisia argyi can cure all diseases. Can be decocted to stop hematemesis, dysentery, lower abscess, female blood leakage, and benefit Yin Qi; Give birth to muscles, break cold, and give birth to children. When frying, don't let it be exposed to the wind, pound the juice, stop bleeding, kill ascaris, boil it in water and use pills. Hemostasis, intestinal hemorrhoid, Jin Tuo's ulcer, abdominal pain and miscarriage prevention. Bitter wine decoction is very good for tinea ... ". When taking, take Sanyin to drive away all cold and dampness, and turn cold into harmony; If roasted, it will cure all diseases and evils through various meridians, and those who indulge in it will live a long and healthy life. Its advantages are also great. "In addition to treating many diseases, mugwort leaves have a special fragrance. The smoke of branches and leaves can drive away mosquitoes and flies, remove miasma and have the function of detoxification.

Later studies showed that Folium Artemisiae Argyi had the functions of invigorating qi and blood, expelling cold and removing dampness, regulating menstruation and preventing miscarriage, warming meridians to stop bleeding, clearing heat, relieving cough and resolving phlegm. Indications: Irregular menstruation, abdominal cold pain, fetal leakage and bleeding, restless fetal movement, infertility due to palace cold, etc. It is one of the main drugs commonly used in gynecology of traditional Chinese medicine. Oral administration can be used as a hemostatic agent, and charcoal-frying has excellent hemostatic effect and can treat hematemesis, dysentery and bleeding. Pouring juice, stopping bleeding, killing ascaris, treating leukorrhagia, stopping cholera from turning tendons, and cold and heat after dysentery. The formula of mugwort can also treat chronic bronchitis, asthma, gastroenteritis and dysentery in the elderly.

Folium Artemisiae Argyi can be used externally to treat pruritus, vulvar pruritus, eczema and scabies. Washing hands with wormwood or decocting in water can prevent and treat skin diseases. For lying-in women and babies, washing with Folium Artemisiae Argyi can disinfect and strengthen the body. Sun-dried Folium Artemisiae Argyi is mashed into velvet, which is called "moxa velvet". It is made into moxa sticks, which are lit on acupoints or dyed with sesame oil to moisten the sore surface and make it painless. Roasting disease has miraculous effects, dispelling cold and removing dampness, warming qi and blood, and dredging meridians. Therefore, the doctor called Echo to roast all diseases (don't record famous doctors), which is called roasting grass. Burn it once with a moxa stick to make it "firm".

Folk can use Artemisia argyi brown sugar decoction to treat children's cold cough.

Artemisia argyi not only treats many diseases, but also has a special fragrance, which can be used as seasoning material. The smoke from branches and leaves can drive away mosquitoes and flies, and has the function of disinfection and sterilization. "willow in Qingming Festival, wormwood in Dragon Boat Festival". In Qichun, wormwood is more fragrant than ordinary wormwood, and the curative effect of medicine is better.

If medicine is not as good as needle, it must be moxibustion. Although the use of moxibustion is not as rich as that of internal medicine, we can also see the dialectical treatment of moxibustion from the clinical application of various moxibustion and Taiyi and Lei Huo acupuncture. What is particularly worth mentioning is the role of moxa sticks, the main raw material of moxibustion. In Materia Medica in Qing Dynasty, Wu said: "Folium Artemisiae Argyi is bitter and bitter, warm in nature, ripe and hot, and pure in yang qi, which can counteract yang qi, dredge the twelve meridians, take three yin, regulate qi and blood, dispel cold and dampness, warm uterus, stop bleeding, warm middle warmer, relieve depression, regulate menstruation and prevent miscarriage, ................................................................