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What is the difference between Artemisia capillaris and Artemisia absinthium

1, traits are different:

Incense more curled into a mass, gray-white or gray-green, all densely covered with white hairs, soft as velvet. The stem is small, 1.5~2.5cm long, 0.1~0.2cm in diameter, with obvious longitudinal lines visible after removing the white hairs on the surface; the texture is brittle and easy to break. Leaves are petiolate; after spreading the leaf blade is one to three times pinnatifid, leaf blade length 1 ~ 3cm, width about 1cm; lobules ovate or slightly oblanceolate, bar-shaped, apex sharp.

Artemisia annua is a perennial herb or slightly semi-shrubby plant, the plant has a strong aroma. The main root is obvious, slightly thick and long, up to 1.5 centimeters in diameter, with many lateral roots; there are often horizontal underground rhizomes and nutrient branches. Stems solitary or few, 80-150(-250) cm tall, with distinct longitudinal ribs, brown or grayish yellow-brown, slightly woody at the base, herbaceous above, and with a few short branches, branches 3-5 cm long; stems and branches are covered with gray arachnid pilose hairs.

2, the flavor is different:

International gas fragrance, taste slightly bitter.

Artemisia plants have a strong aroma.

3, the distribution range is different:

Mycorrhizal fungus Chen is mainly produced in Shandong, Shaanxi, Shanxi and other provinces, the commodity commonly known as Mian Yin Chen. Other kinds of provinces, districts producers, more self-production and marketing, foreign distribution in Japan, North Korea, Mongolia and other countries.

Artemisia absinthium is widely distributed, in addition to extremely arid and alpine areas, several times and the country. Born in low to medium altitude areas of wasteland, roadside riverside and mountain slopes and other places, but also in the forest steppe and grassland areas, local areas for the dominant species of plant communities. It is also found in Mongolia, Korea, and the USSR (Far East), and is cultivated in Japan, with the type specimen taken from northern China.

4, the efficacy of the different:

Inchcape herbs into medicine, can prevent influenza, treatment of heat stroke, colds, headache, body weight, abdominal pain, vomiting, chest and diaphragm distension, gas obstruction, food stagnation, children's food stagnation bloating, diarrhea, excessive menstruation, leakage, itchy skin, and edema, etc., and its heat release function, especially better than peppermint.

Mugwort is bitter, pungent, warm, into the spleen, liver, kidney. The Compendium of Materia Medica" records: Ai to leaf medicine, warm, bitter taste, non-toxic, pure Yang nature, through the twelve meridians, with Yang, qi and blood, the dampness of the cold, stop bleeding and fetal efficacy, but also commonly used in acupuncture. Therefore, it is also known as "medical grass", Taiwan is popular "herbal bath", most of which is the choice of mugwort.

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