Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort

Damanka (Ayurveda)

Artemisia argyi, Chinese Mugwort, Ai Ye 艾叶

Ai Ye (TCM)
Artemisia (Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563)

Flora von Deutschland (29), Kohler, 1887

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Botanical name:
Artemisia vulgaris
Red and White varieties were traditionally known.

Parts used:
Herb

Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter
opens, discusses

Classifications:
2D ATTENUATERS OF CONGEALED BLOOD.   2J. RAREFYING
3G. EMMENAGOGUE.   3Q. ANTHELMINTIC
4e. STOMACHIC.   4i. UTERINE

Uses:
1. Moves the Blood, promotes Menstruation:
-Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea, associated with Cold or Blood stagnation

2. Clears Wind-Damp, Calms Spasms:
-Epilepsy, Shaking, Tremors

3. Benefits Digestion:
-poor appetite, nausea, anorexia, chronic diarrhea

4. Resists Poison:
-used in Antidotes

5. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine:
-Edema, Jaundice

6. Benefits Qi:
-Fatigue, weakness and weariness from the time of Pliny

7. Externally:
-ointments for Nodes, Swellings, Scrofula
-baths and washes for Sciatica, Shaking, Trembling, Cramps


Main Combinations:
1. Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea:
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2. PMS, emotional problems aggravated by Menstruation, combine Mugwort with ... available in PRO version
3. Nerve diseases, combine Mugwort with ... available in PRO version
4. Infertility:
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5. Promote Labor, Mugwort with ... available in PRO version
6. Obstruction of the Spleen or Liver from Cold, decoct Mugwort with ... available in PRO version
7. Wounds, Trauma, Mugwort with ... available in PRO version
8. Douche for Uterine Pain, Mugwort ... available in PRO version
9. Topical wash for Cramps and Pains of the Sinews, Mugwort ... available in PRO version
10. As a hip bath to promote Menstruation, decoct Mugwort with ... available in PRO version
11. Ointment for Back Pain, Mugwort with ... available in PRO version

Major Formulas:
Infusion for Painful Menstruation (Matthioli)
Decoction to Promote Menstruation (Wirtzung)
Decoction to Promote Menstruation (Turner)
Syrup of Mugwort Lesser (Bononiense)
Syrup of Mugwort (Augustana)
Antidotum Haemagogum (Nicholas)
Electuary to Promote Fertility (Wirtzung)


Cautions:
1. Best avoided in Pregnancy. When used, the dose should be small.
2. Not used in conditions with excess Heat or Yin deficiency.

Main Preparations used:
Distilled Water of the Tops, Distilled Oil, Compound Syrup, Salt of the Ashes