Mugwort is a plant whose leaves, Mugwort leaves, can be used as medicine and should not be used for patients with Yin deficiency and blood heat.
Mugwort leaves are pungent, bitter, warm and slightly poisonous in medicinal properties, and are attributed to the liver, spleen and kidney meridians. It has the effects of warming menstruation and stopping bleeding (warming the body’s meridians to stop bleeding in the body), dispersing cold and relieving pain (relieving pain by dispelling the cold in the body).
Mugwort leaves are often used in the treatment of hematemesis, epistaxis, metrorrhagia (excessive menstrual flow or dribbling), excessive menstruation, fetal leakage (a small amount of vaginal bleeding in early pregnancy), hyperemia, cold and painful oligoabdomen (small abdomen), irregular menstrual cycles, and infertility due to coldness in the uterus.
Mugwort leaves can be used externally to dispel dampness and relieve itching. Because of the pungent and warm nature of Ai Ye, it should not be used in patients with Yin deficiency and Blood heat. Its adverse effects are not clear.
It is necessary to take this product under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner for identification of adverse reactions.