Wormwood and motherwort are both Chinese medicinal herbs, the difference is mainly reflected in the medicinal properties, attribution, efficacy, main treatment and so on. 1. Medicinal properties: Mugwort is pungent, bitter and warm; motherwort is bitter, pungent and slightly cold. 2. Meridian: Wormwood goes to the liver, spleen and kidney meridians; motherwort goes to the liver, pericardium and bladder meridians. 3. Efficacy: Wormwood has the effect 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 cold in the body), and dispelling dampness and relieving itching when used externally; motherwort has the effect of activating blood circulation and regulating menstruation (regulating menstruation by activating blood circulation), diuretic and eliminating swelling, and clearing heat and removing toxins (removing heat and toxins from the body). 4. Indications: Mugwort is used in treating vomiting of blood, epistaxis, metrorrhagia (excessive menstrual flow or more than a few drops), excessive menstrual flow, fetal leakage (small amount of vaginal bleeding in the early stage of pregnancy), hyperemia, cold pain in the abdomen, irregular menstrual cycles, infertility due to coldness in the uterus and other conditions, and it can be used externally for treating itchy skin; Motherwort is used in treating menstrual irregularities, menstrual pain and menstrual amenorrhea, incomplete menstrual discharge, edema and urinary incontinence, and sore and swollen poisons, etc.. The application of traditional Chinese medicine should be standardized under the guidance of a doctor to avoid self-medication, so as to avoid adverse consequences.