The medicinal part of mugwort is usually mugwort leaves, mugwort leaves with astragalus has the efficacy of dispersing cold and relieving pain, tonifying qi and rising yang, and inducing diuresis and swelling.
Mugwort leaf is the dried leaf of Ai, a plant of the family of Asteraceae, which has the effects of warming menstruation, stopping bleeding, dispersing cold and relieving pain; and dispelling dampness and relieving itching when used externally.
It can be used in treating vomiting of blood, epistaxis, metrorrhagia (excessive menstrual flow or dribbling), excessive menstruation, foetal leakage of blood (small amount of vaginal bleeding in the early stage of pregnancy), oligoabdominal coldness and pain (pain and coldness in the abdomen), irregular menstrual cycles and cold uterine infertility; and externally for treating itching of the skin. Yin deficiency and blood heat should be used with caution.
Astragalus is the dried root of Astragalus membranaceus or Astragalus membranaceus of the legume family, with the effects of inducing diuresis, tonifying qi and raising yang, stopping sweating by consolidating the surface of the muscle, promoting stagnation and paralysis, generating body fluid and nourishing the blood, supporting toxin and draining pus, and converging sores to produce muscles, helping sores to heal more quickly, and promoting the growth of new flesh.
It can be used for symptoms such as qi deficiency, prolonged diarrhea and prolapse of the anus, superficial deficiency and spontaneous sweating (frequent natural sweating due to weakness of the muscular surface), internal heat and thirst (internal heat accompanied by symptoms such as excessive eating, drinking and urinating), and so on. Note that Astragalus should be taken with caution in cases where there is an abundance of solid evil on the surface, internal stagnation, yin deficiency and hyperactivity of yang, and heat and toxins are still prevalent at the beginning of sores and ulcers or after ulcers have broken down.
If you have the above discomforts, you should take Ai Ye plus Astragalus under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, and do not use the medicine blindly on your own, so as not to cause damage to the organism.