Mugwort leaves can be boiled and drunk when taken internally.
Ai Ye belongs to the Chinese herbal medicine, is a hemostatic medicine, for the dried leaves of the plant Ai, family Asteraceae. Mugwort leaves are warm in nature, pungent and bitter in flavor, and can enter the liver, spleen and kidney meridians. It has the efficacy of warming menstruation, stopping bleeding, dispersing cold and relieving pain. It can be used clinically to treat excessive menstruation, pain on both sides of the abdomen, which is relieved by heat, infertility with uterine cold, disintegration and leakage (menstruation that is too heavy or dribbling), vomiting of blood and other disorders.
Mugwort is used internally as a decoction in water, so it can usually be boiled and drunk. However, it should be noted that the efficacy of a single herb is limited and may not be effective for certain conditions, so it should be combined with other medicines under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner.
Chinese medicine should be taken under the guidance of a professional doctor, do not take on your own to avoid adverse consequences.