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'''Artemisia argyi,''' the '''Chinese mugwort''', is a herbaceous perennial plant with a creeping rhizome. It is native to China, Korea, Mongolia, Japan, and the Russian Far East (Amur Oblast, Primorye).<ref name="int"/> It is known in Chinese as àicǎo (艾草) or ài yè (艾叶) and in Japanese as gaiyou. It is used in herbal medicine for conditions of the liver, spleen and kidney. ==Uses=={{Uses|febrifuge}}, {{Uses|styptic}}, {{Uses|sterility}}, {{Uses|uterus}}, {{Uses|dysmenorrhoea}}, {{Uses|coughs}}, {{Uses|Bacillus typhi}}, {{Uses|dysenteriae}}, {{Uses|coli}} ==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Dried Folaige}}, {{Parts Used|Whole herb}}. ==Chemical Composition==Extensive chemical studies of Artemisia species, including Chinese mugwort, document many compounds, including monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, triterpenes and flavones.<ref name="chemical composition"/> ==Common names=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Agrimony}} ==Habit=={{Habit|perennial plant}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple|gracilis Pampanini|as such leaves are found throughout the range of the species, it does not seem worthwhile to formally separate them}}<ref name="int2Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|Yellow|5|Flowers Season is June - August}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|simple|5-10cm long|clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown||many}} ===Other features===

== Description List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''

Artemisia argyi is an upright, greyish, herbaceous perennial about one metre tall, with short branches and a creeping rhizome. The stalked leaves are ovate, deeply divided and covered in small, oil-producing glands, pubescent above and densely white tomentose below. The lower leaves are about six centimetres long, bipinnate with wide lanceolate lobes and short teeth along ==Where to get the margins. The upper leaves are smaller and three-partite, and the bracteal leaves are simple, linear and lanceolate. The inflorescence is a narrow leafy panicle. The individual flowers are pale yellow, tubular, and clustered in spherical turned-down heads. The central flowers are bisexual while the marginal flowers are female. The petals are narrow and folded cylindrically and the bracts have a cobwebby pubescence.<ref namesaplings====Mode of Propagation=="int"/> The whole plant is strongly aromatic{{Propagation|Seeds}}.

== Uses How to plant/cultivate==We have very little information on this species and do not know if it will be hardy in Britain, though judging by its native range it could succeed outdoors in many parts of this country<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>

*Wormwood leaves are gathered on a warm dry day ==Commonly seen growing in spring and summer when the plant is in flower and dried in the shade. In traditional Chinese medicine, they are considered to have bitter, pungent and warm properties and to be associated with the liverareas=={{Commonly seen|Waste places}}, spleen and kidney meridians.*The leaves are used as an antiseptic{{Commonly seen|roadsides}}, expectorant{{Commonly seen|hills}}, febrifuge and styptic.*A volatile oil can be extracted from the leaves and used in the treatment of asthma and bronchitis for which purpose it is sprayed onto the back of the throat {{Commonly seen|steppe and brings rapid reliefforest}}.

==Common namePhoto Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">

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== References ==

<references><ref name="intchemical composition">[http://www.agroatlascirculating-oils-library.rucom/en/content/weeds/Artemisia_argyiplants/ Artemisia mugwort-plant-artemisia-argyi]</ref><ref name="int2circulating oils library">[http://acupuncturetoday.com/herbcentral/mugwort_leaf.php Acupuncture Today]</ref></references>

<ref name="Leaf">[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id= External Links =2&taxon_id=200023167 "flora of china"]</ref>

<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://enwww.wikipediapfaf.org/wikiUSER/Artemisia_argyi Plant.aspx?LatinName=Artemisia +argyi-Wikipedia"practical palnts for future"]</ref></references>