ai ye

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艾叶·Folium Artemisiae Argyi

Mugwort Leaf

About ai ye

Ai Ye (艾叶) is the leaf of Chinese mugwort, a plant of the daisy family, recorded as Folium Artemisiae Argyi. It is bitter and acrid in flavour, warm in temperature, and enters the Spleen, Liver and Kidney channels. The catalogue files it among the herbs that regulate Blood and stop bleeding. It is also the leaf burned in moxibustion.

Names

Pinyin	ai ye
Chinese	艾叶
Latin Name	Folium Artemisiae Argyi
English Name	Mugwort Leaf·mugwort leaf; artemisia·artemisia
Japanese	gaiyi
Korean	aeyeop

Classification

Category: Regulate Blood, Stop Bleeding
Channels: Spleen, Kidney, Liver
Flavour: Acrid, Bitter
Temperature: Warm
Family: Asteraceae
Species: Artemisia Argyi
Tags: Chinese Herbs, Common

Actions and indications

Warms the channels and the womb, stops bleeding and calms the fetus

Deficiency Cold causing heavy or long-lasting menstrual or uterine bleeding
Threatened miscarriage with Cold signs, where the fetus is restless and there is bleeding and pain low in the abdomen
Infertility from Cold in the womb

Disperses Cold and relieves pain

Abdominal pain from Cold
Painful periods of a Cold type

Dries Damp and stops itching

Itchy skin complaints with Damp, washed externally with the decoction

Resolves Phlegm, stops cough and calms wheezing

Wheezing, or cough with copious phlegm, using the extracted oil
Cough and wheezing of a Cold type

Combinations

e jiao
Cold obstruction causing heavy, painful menstruation; menorrhagia and drawn-out uterine bleeding; bleeding in pregnancy or after childbirth; threatened miscarriage and restless fetus with cold pain in the abdomen
gan jiang
Cold causing pain of the abdomen and menses; drawn-out uterine bleeding; Middle Jiao Deficiency Cold with cold pain in the epigastrium and abdomen
sheng di huang + xian ce bai ye + he ye
Blood Heat causing epistaxis, hemoptysis or hematemesis
xiang fu
Deficiency Cold with Qi Stagnation, causing abdominal pain
di fu zi + bai xian pi
Itchy skin lesions from Cold-Damp; eczema
wu zhu yu + xu duan
Deficiency leading to severe Cold in the Womb
e jiao + gan jiang
Deficiency and Cold causing heavy menstrual flow
e jiao + bai shao
Deficiency Cold with heavy bleeding and marked loss of Blood
e jiao + dang gui + bai shao + sheng di huang + gan cao + chuan xiong
Unstable pregnancy from Deficiency Cold, with vaginal bleeding
xiang fu + chuan xiong + dang gui + bai shao
Lower Jiao Deficiency Cold with cold and pain, and painful, irregular menses
xiang fu + chuan xiong + dang gui + bai shao + wu zhu yu + rou gui + huang qi + xu duan
Marked Deficiency Cold affecting the lower abdomen

Dosage

Age	Raw	Granule	Tincture	Concentrate	Frequency
Any 3-10g; Tincture 1-4ml	3-10 g	—	1-4 ml	—	—

Cautions

contraindication Heat in the Blood, where its warmth can make Heat-type bleeding worse
contraindication Yin deficiency, where its warm, drying nature adds to Heat and dryness
caution On the skin it can cause redness and itching
caution Taken internally, it may raise appetite and how much is eaten
caution The essential oil contains thujone, which can harm the nervous system in large amounts: avoid long or high-dose oral use, concentrated extracts and the oil by mouth. This does not apply to moxibustion, where the leaf is burned, not swallowed

Photographs of ai ye

Research

Study on chemical constituents of Folium Artemisiae argyi Carbonisatum, toxicity evaluation on zebrafish and intestinal hemostasis Saudi Pharm J · Journal Article · 2022
Antioxidant capacity of flavonoids from Folium Artemisiae Argyi and the molecular mechanism in Caenorhabditis elegans J Ethnopharmacol · Journal Article · 2021
A review of the research progress on Artemisia argyi Folium: botany, phytochemistry, pharmacological activities, and clinical application Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol · Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't · 2024

Prepared forms (1)

ai ye tan Tan

The catalogue records no separate actions, dose or cautions for this preparation. Unless noted above it follows ai ye.

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