Wormwood has a close relationship with people's life in China. Every Dragon Boat Festival, people always put wormwood at home to ward off evil spirits. The withered plants are soaked in water to sterilize and relieve itching. Mothers often bathe or fumigate with wormwood. Wormwood is bitter, pungent and warm, and enters the spleen, liver and kidney. It is recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica that Folium Artemisiae Argyi is warm, bitter and nontoxic.

The whole herb has the effects of regulating menstruation, stopping bleeding, preventing miscarriage, dispelling cold and removing dampness, and can be used for treating irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, abdominal pain, abortion and metrorrhagia.

Treat rheumatoid arthritis, head wind, month wind, etc. It is the most commonly used medicine for doctors, because it can cut ice and cure all diseases. Modern experimental studies have proved that Artemisia argyi leaves have antibacterial and antiviral effects. Antiasthmatic, antitussive and expectorant effects; Hemostatic and anticoagulant effects; Sedative and antiallergic effects; Protect liver and gallbladder, etc. Wormwood can be used as recipes such as wormwood tea, wormwood soup, wormwood porridge, etc. to enhance the body's resistance to diseases. Wormwood has a special fragrance, which can repel mosquitoes. Therefore, the ancients often hung wormwood in front of the door to ward off evil spirits and repel mosquitoes.

Side effects of long-term use of Folium Artemisiae Argyi: Excessive use of volatile oil (aroma components) will inhibit nerves.