Wormwood is widely distributed and grows in Asia and Europe. Mainly distributed in East Asia, such as the Korean Peninsula, Japan and Mongolia. China is distributed in northeast, north, east, south, southwest, Shaanxi and Gansu. In China, except for extremely dry and cold areas, it is almost all over the country.
Artemisia argyi is born in wasteland, roadside, river and hillside in low-altitude to middle-altitude areas, and is also found in forest grassland and grassland areas, and local areas are the dominant species of plant communities.
Data expansion: 1, wormwood has high medicinal value.
The whole plant of wormwood can be used as medicine, and has the functions of warming channels, eliminating dampness, dispelling cold, stopping bleeding, diminishing inflammation, relieving asthma, relieving cough, preventing miscarriage and resisting allergy.
Indications: Treatment of irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, abdominal pain, abortion, uterine bleeding, radical treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, head wind, wind in the month, etc.
According to Compendium of Materia Medica, Folium Artemisiae Argyi is used as medicine, which is warm in nature, bitter in taste, non-toxic, pure in yang, and can activate the twelve meridians, restore yang, regulate qi and blood, dispel dampness and dispel cold, stop bleeding and prevent miscarriage. It is also commonly used in acupuncture and moxibustion. So it is also called "herb".
"Materia Medica from the New" says: "Folium Artemisiae Argyi is bitter in taste, warm in nature, cooked and hot, and good at yang, which can restore yang loss, dredge the twelve meridians, take three yin, regulate qi and blood, expel cold and dehumidify, warm uterus ... so as to moxibustion fire, penetrate meridians and eliminate all diseases." It shows that Folium Artemisiae Argyi, as a moxibustion material, has the functions of dredging channels and collaterals, dispelling yin and cold, reducing swelling and resolving hard mass, and restoring yang to save adverse events.
Moxibustion with mugwort leaves is generally better as you get older, so there is a saying that "seven years of illness and three years of moxa" (Mencius).
Drying and mashing Folium Artemisiae Argyi to obtain "moxa", and making into moxa sticks for moxibustion.
2. Edible value of wormwood.
3. wormwood is also a good food. In the traditional food in southern China, there is a kind of Ciba made of wormwood as the main raw material.
4. wormwood can be used as a natural plant dye. Can be dyed.
5. wormwood is the raw material for making "inkpad". Artemisia argyi leaves are dried in the sun and made into moxa, which is the raw material of inkpad.
References: Flora of China. [2017-11-9] Web page links