There is no obvious difference between Ai Ye and Artemisia absinthium, Ai Ye is the dried leaves of the plant Artemisia absinthium of the family of Asteraceae, Artemisia absinthium belongs to the alias of Ai Ye in traditional Chinese medicine, i.e., the two are the same kind of Chinese medicinal herbs.
Mugwort leaves its flavor of pungent, bitter, warm, to the liver, kidney, spleen meridian, with warm menstruation stop bleeding (warm human body meridians, stop bleeding in the body) and cold pain and other efficacy, external application with the efficacy of dampness and itching.
Mugwort leaves can be used internally and externally, internal use to decoction or into the bulk of the pill-based (such as Mugwort warming pills, etc.), external methods are mainly warm moxibustion or fumigation (such as moxa sticks, etc.). It is mainly used for the treatment of dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation, dislocation of menstruation (excessive menstrual flow or dripping), fetal restlessness, eczema and itchiness caused by deficiency of yang qi (deficiency of yang qi which is unable to warm the channels of Chong Ren and Ren).
The use of mugwort leaves generally no obvious adverse reactions and contraindications, but Yin deficiency blood heat should be used with caution, and should not be overdosed or continued to take, it is recommended that the use of traditional Chinese medicine doctors under the guidance of the use, should not be purchased and used on their own, in order to avoid the occurrence of adverse reactions.