Mugwort and Artemisia absinthium are one thing, there is no difference.

Mugwort, alias: xiao mao, bingtai, curb grass, fragrant ai, herbs, ai xiao, ai artemisia, ai artemisia, pong ligustrum, moxa, moxibustion grass, medical grass, yellow grass, moxa, etc.. Perennial herbs or slightly into a half shrub, the plant has a strong aroma. Mugwort leaves dried and crushed to get "moxa velvet", the system of moxa sticks for moxibustion, and can be used as a "seal mud" raw materials. Distributed in Asia and Europe.

Edible value of mugwort

Mugwort is a very good food, in the traditional food of southern China, there is a kind of patty cake is made with mugwort as the main raw material, that is, with the fresh and tender before and after the Ching Ming Dynasty and glutinous rice flour according to the ratio of one to two and together, wrapped with peanuts, sesame seeds and sugar and other fillings (in some areas will be added to the mung bean), then steamed. (some regions add mung bean paste), and then steam it.

In the Dongjiang Valley of Guangdong Province, locals pick fresh mugwort leaves and buds in winter and spring to eat as a vegetable.

Every spring time in Ganzhou, the Hakka people have the custom of collecting mugwort to make Ai Miguo, the shape of which is a bit like dumplings, but larger, with a filling inside, delicious and can be used as a staple food.