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, and recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica: "Those who only cared about Tangyang in modern times called it Bei Ai, and those who cared about the Ming Dynasty called it Hai Ai. Since the beginning, those who care about qi zhou (the old name of Qichun) have won, the prescription is full, and the world is heavy, which is called mourning. According to legend, the pots of wormwood roasted elsewhere can't penetrate, while the pots of wormwood roasted wine can. According to qi zhou, "qi zhou was mourned in vain". Artemisia argyi is named after its origin. 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. "In ancient times, mugwort was wild. With the demand and the need of standardized production, it gradually began to be artificially cultivated and added to a variety of products for sale, and the market responded well.

South China Institute of Botany, China Academy of Sciences, quantitatively analyzed the chemical constituents of essential oils from Artemisia argyi and Artemisia argyi. The main components of Artemisia argyi leaves are ethyl acetate, 1.8~ cineole, camphor, 2~ terpineol, carvone and other chemicals, and the oil yield of its essential oil is 65438+. At the same time, mugwort contains arborvitae ketone (15.6%) and isoarborvitae ketone (2.7%), which is not found in general mugwort. Folium Artemisiae Argyi oil has obvious antiasthmatic, antitussive, expectorant and anti-inflammatory effects.

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 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 with wormwood once, for what? "One strong".

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.