There is no clear indication in traditional Chinese medicine that mugwort has the effect of raising blood pressure, and hypertension can be used if there is an indication for the drug.
Ai Ye is a traditional Chinese medicine for warming the middle and dispersing cold (dispersing cold by warming the spleen and stomach), which mainly warms the menstruation, stops bleeding, disperses cold, relieves pain and regulates menstruation, and is widely used clinically in the treatment of dysmenorrhea caused by deficiency and cold, amenorrhea, disintegration (excessive menstruation or drips and dribbles), vomiting blood, epistaxis, epigastric and abdominal coldness and pain (cold and painful sensations in the stomach and abdomen), cold hands and feet and clear and scanty diaphoretic discharge.
In addition, mugwort has the effect of tranquilizing the fetus, and can be combined with Sang Sheng Sheng to treat restlessness of the fetus and so on. It can be used externally to treat itching skin, and vinegar moxa charcoal warms the menstruation and stops bleeding, which can be used for deficiency-cold bleeding.
Ai Ye did not clearly pointed out the existence of the role of elevated blood pressure, so high blood pressure appeared in the above evidence, can also be used.
Mugwort is toxic, specific medication should consult a doctor, under the guidance of the doctor’s evidence.