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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T18:05:37.985606+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <licence>Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice.</licence>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">ai ye</name>
    <name type="chinese">艾叶</name>
    <name type="latin">Folium Artemisiae Argyi</name>
    <name type="english">Mugwort Leaf</name>
    <name type="japanese">gaiyi</name>
    <name type="korean">aeyeop</name>
  </names>
  <category>Regulate Blood, Stop Bleeding</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
    <channel>Kidney</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms the channels and the womb, stops bleeding and calms the fetus</summary>
      <indication>Deficiency Cold causing heavy or long-lasting menstrual or uterine bleeding</indication>
      <indication>Threatened miscarriage with Cold signs, where the fetus is restless and there is bleeding and pain low in the abdomen</indication>
      <indication>Infertility from Cold in the womb</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Disperses Cold and relieves pain</summary>
      <indication>Abdominal pain from Cold</indication>
      <indication>Painful periods of a Cold type</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Dries Damp and stops itching</summary>
      <indication>Itchy skin complaints with Damp, washed externally with the decoction</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Resolves Phlegm, stops cough and calms wheezing</summary>
      <indication>Wheezing, or cough with copious phlegm, using the extracted oil</indication>
      <indication>Cough and wheezing of a Cold type</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
