Mugwort in the general cognition that refers to the leaves of mugwort, is can warm menstruation and stop bleeding, dispersing cold pain, dispel dampness and relieve itching of the Chinese herbal medicine, the specific use of medication should follow the doctor’s instructions.
Mugwort is a traditional Chinese medicine made from the leaves of Artemisia absinthium, family Asteraceae, with a pungent, bitter flavor and warm nature, and can be used in the liver, spleen and kidney meridians.
With the efficacy of warming menstruation, stopping bleeding, dispersing cold and relieving pain, dispelling dampness and relieving itching, moxa leaf is suitable for treating excessive menstruation, vomiting blood, epistaxis, metrorrhagia (excessive menstruation or more than a few drops of menstruation), fetal leakage of blood (a small amount of vaginal bleeding in the early stage of pregnancy), menstrual cold, cold pain in the abdomen (pain in the abdomen due to coldness), and uterine cold and infertility; externally, it can be used as a remedy for itching of the skin.
Note that this drug should be used cautiously in people with Yin deficiency and blood heat.
Because the wormwood stalks of mugwort are not used in medicine, the Chinese herbal medicine mugwort is usually referred to as mugwort leaves. Specific medication should be carried out under the guidance of a specialist physician, and should not be used without authorization, so as not to cause damage to the organism.