Artemisia argyi is a precious Chinese herbal medicine with a long history and good reputation in China. As early as the Ming Dynasty, Li Shizhen, a pharmacologist, admired Artemisia argyi. In Compendium of Materia Medica, he recorded that people who only cared about Tang Yang in modern times called it Bei Ai, while those who cared about the Ming Dynasty called it Hai Ai. Since the beginning, those who care about qi zhou (formerly known as Qichun) have won, the prescription is full, and the world is the most important, so it is called Ai Ai. "According to legend, wormwood in other places can't penetrate the jar, but wormwood wine can penetrate the jar. According to qi zhou, "qi zhou was mourned in vain". Artemisia argyi is named after its origin. Folium Artemisiae Argyi is big and thick, and its seven tips are authentic medicinal materials. The plant height of Artemisia argyi can reach more than 2.5 meters. The color of wormwood pounded with wormwood leaves on the Dragon Boat Festival is taupe, and the wormwood pounded at other times is khaki, which is genuine. Artemisia argyi leaves picked in autumn are not suitable for moxibustion. Artemisia argyi was picked around the Dragon Boat Festival, with the highest medicinal value, the best curative effect and the strongest sense of moxibustion. Li Shizhen's father, Li Yanwen, has a lot of research on mugwort. He wrote "Biography of mugwort", saying that mugwort "was produced in Yangshan, and made great contributions to the Dragon Boat Festival. "
Later studies showed that Folium Artemisiae Argyi had the functions of 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.