Mugwort (Moxa) 艾叶
Ài Yè · Artemisia argyi (Folium)
Warm the Channels 温经- Nature
- Warm 温
- Flavour
- Bitter, pungent 苦、辛
- Channels
- Liver, Spleen, Kidney 肝·脾·肾
- Part used
- Leaf
- Species
- Artemisia argyi Lévl. et Van.
- Origin
- Hubei (Qi-ai from Qichun), Henan, Shandong
Traditional actions
Warms the channels and stops bleeding, disperses cold and eases cold-type pain, calms a restless fetus (classical). Processed into "moxa" for 艾灸 (moxibustion).
Traditionally used for
Cold-type uterine bleeding, cold period pain, cold abdomen. Externally: moxibustion heat therapy.