Mugwort, mugwort leaves, AIDS

1. mugwort [ài]

① Herbaceous plant, also called mugwort, the leaves have fragrance and can be made into mugwort Velvet is used for moxibustion.

② Stop, end: Fang Xing Wei ~.

③Beautiful, beautiful: young (young and beautiful person).

④ Surname.

2. Ai [yì]

Government. The original meaning of [self-pity and self-pity] is to regret one's mistakes and correct them by oneself. Now it just means regret.

Mugwort is a perennial herb or slightly semi-shrublike plant with a strong aroma. The main root is obvious, slightly thick and long, with a diameter of 1.5 cm, and many lateral roots; there are often horizontal underground rhizomes and vegetative branches. Stems solitary or a few, 80-150 (-250) cm high, with obvious longitudinal ribs, brown or grayish-brown, slightly lignified at the base, herbaceous in the upper part, and a few short branches, 3-5 cm long. ; Stems and branches are covered with gray spider silk-like pubescence.

The whole plant is used as medicine and has the effects of warming menstruation, removing dampness, dispersing cold, stopping bleeding, anti-inflammatory, relieving asthma, relieving cough, anti-fetal, and anti-allergic effects. The moxa leaves are dried and pounded to obtain "moxa velvet", which can be used to make moxa sticks for moxibustion, and can also be used as raw materials for "ink pad". Distributed in Asia and Europe.