1, the family is different?

Clearing grass is a genus of Asteraceae, annual or biennial herbs; and mugwort is a genus of Artemisia in the family of Asteraceae, perennial herbs or slightly into a semi-bush-like food.?

2, different appearance?

Ching Ming grass stems erect, clusters of growth, unbranched or few branches, densely covered with white woolly hair; leaf blade alternate, both sides have white woolly hair. Open golden yellow yellow, achene oblong; and mugwort stem, stem, leaves emit strong fragrance, stem gray-brown, leaf blade thicker, long gray-white pubescence, achene long ovate or oblong.?

3, different medicinal value?

The stem and leaves of Qingming grass into medicine, for the cough, expectorant, asthma and bronchitis, as well as non-infectious ulcers, traumatic injuries of the unusual medicines, internal use and lowering of blood pressure efficacy; and wormwood grass into medicine, have warm menstruation, dampness, dispersal of cold, hemostatic, anti-inflammatory, asthma, cough, fetal, anti-allergic and other effects.

4, different taste?

Ching Ming grass taste sweet without bitterness, taste fragrant, suitable for food, but mugwort with a bitter taste, and there is a relatively strong familiar taste of mugwort, best to blanch to remove some of the bitterness before eating is appropriate.

5, different flowering period

Sagebrush all over the body with white fluffy, alternate leaves, both sides have white cotton hairs, open the fruit is generally a golden yellow oblong, the flowering period is April-June, the fruit ripening period of August-September, the flavor is generally fragrant type.

Ching Ming grass, also known as mugwort, mugwort stem gray-brown, thicker leaves, leaves are gray-white downy. The fruits are long ovate or oblong and the flowering period is September-October.