Artemisia Vulgaris
(Artemisia vulgaris L.)

Tribe: Asteraceae (Compositae).
Crude Name: Folium Artemisiae vulgaris

Description
Chinese herbs are finely haired and strong-smelling, enjoys a fairly moist soil and woody humus. Can be found growing wild in the woods and fields to less than 3000 m above sea level. Artemisia argyi Levl.et. Vant are plants grown in the garden as a medicinal plant.
Half-woody plants, many branches, grooved and hairy, grow upright, reaches 1 m. high single leaf, oval fingered edge sharing, tip pointed, the second surface smooth-haired, green color of the upper surface whitish green underneath, sitting alternate, 8-12 cm long, 6-8 cm wide. Compound interest, small light yellow color, arranged in circuit bending, out of the armpit and the tip of the leaf stalks. Fruit boxes, forms needles, small, brown. Seeds small, brown.

Nature and Usefulness
Leaves a bitter taste, spicy, warm, aromatic smell, enter the kidney meridian, lung, and spleen. Nutritious warm the meridians, dispel cold, pain relievers (analgesics), stop the bleeding (hemostatis), facilitator pee, fart facilitator, the facilitator of sweat, increased appetite (stomakik), astringent, tonic, stimulant, blood circulation and remove the freeze, preventing miscarriage, and normalize menstruation.

Chemical constituents
Leaves contain essential oils (phellandrene, cadinene, α-thujone, α-Amyrin, dihydromatricaria esters, cineole, α 1-terpineol, β-kariophilene, 1-quebrachitol, and tannins. The roots and stems contain inulin (containing artemose). While small branches containing oxytocin, Yomogi alcohol, and ridentin.

Portion used
Leaves, seeds, and roots. Use fresh or dried.


How to Use
* Fresh leaves 10-30 g (5-10 g dry) with 3 cups boiling water until remaining 1 glass. After a cold drink all at once or divided into 2-3 parts finished in a day.