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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.<ref name="int2/>
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'''Artemisia argyi''' is a herbaceous perennial plant with a creeping rhizome. It is native to China, Korea, Mongolia, Japan, and the Russian Far East. It is used in herbal medicine for conditions of the liver, spleen and kidney.
  
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== Description ==
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==Uses==
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{{Uses|Febrifuge}}, {{Uses|Styptic}}, {{Uses|Sterility}}, {{Uses|Uterus}}, {{Uses|Dysmenorrhoea}}, {{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|Bacillus typhi}}, {{Uses|Dysenteriae}}, {{Uses|Coli}}
  
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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 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 name="int"/> The whole plant is strongly aromatic.  
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==Parts Used==
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{{Parts Used|Leaves}}.
  
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== Uses ==
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==Chemical Composition==
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Extensive chemical studies of Artemisia species, including Chinese mugwort, document many compounds, including monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, triterpenes and flavones.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
  
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*Wormwood leaves are gathered on a warm dry day 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 liver, spleen and kidney meridians.
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==Common names==
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*The leaves are used as an antiseptic, expectorant, febrifuge and styptic.
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{{Common names|kn=Manjepatre, Urigattige|ml=Makkippuvu|sa=Nagadaman|ta=Makkippu|te=Masipatri|hi=Nagdona|en=Indian Wormwood, Fleabane}}
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*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 and brings rapid relief.
 
  
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== References ==
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==Properties==
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Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
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===Dravya===
  
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===Rasa===
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<ref name="int">[http://www.agroatlas.ru/en/content/weeds/Artemisia_argyi/ Artemisia argyi]</ref>
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<ref name="int2">[http://acupuncturetoday.com/herbcentral/mugwort_leaf.php  Acupuncture Today]</ref>
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===Guna===
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</references>
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===Veerya===
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===Vipaka===
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===Karma===
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===Prabhava===
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==Habit==
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{{Habit|Perennial plant}}
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==Identification==
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===Leaf===
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{{Leaf|Simple|Gracilis Pampanini|Leaves are found throughout the range of the species, it does not seem worthwhile to formally separate}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
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===Flower===
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{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|Yellow|5|Flowers Season is June - August}}
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===Fruit===
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{{Fruit|Simple|5-10cm long|Clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown||Many}}
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===Other features===
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==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
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* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
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==Where to get the saplings==
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==Mode of Propagation==
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{{Propagation|Seeds}}.
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==How to plant/cultivate==
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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"/>
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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{{Commonly seen|Waste places}}, {{Commonly seen|Roadsides}}, {{Commonly seen|Hills}}, {{Commonly seen|Steppe and forest}}.
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==Photo Gallery==
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<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
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</gallery>
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==References==
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<ref name="chemical composition">[http://www.circulating-oils-library.com/en/plants/mugwort-plant-artemisia-argyi Chemical structure]</ref>
  
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== External Links ==
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<ref name="Leaf">[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200023167 Flowers description]</ref>
  
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_argyi Artemisia argyi-Wikipedia]
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<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://www.pfaf.org/USER/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Artemisia+argyi Cultivation details]</ref>
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</references>
  
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==External Links==
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* [https://herbpathy.com/Uses-and-Benefits-of-Artemisia-Argyi-Cid4590 Artemisia argyi-uses, benefits, side effects]
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* [http://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Artemisia+argyi Artemisia argyi on useful trophical plants]
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* [http://acupuncturetoday.com/herbcentral/mugwort_leaf.php Artemisia argyi on acupuncturetoday]
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* [http://www.agroatlas.ru/en/content/weeds/Artemisia_argyi/ Morphology and biology of Artemisia argyi]
 
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Latest revision as of 17:33, 27 March 2020

Artemisia argyi, Chinese mugwort

Artemisia argyi is a herbaceous perennial plant with a creeping rhizome. It is native to China, Korea, Mongolia, Japan, and the Russian Far East. It is used in herbal medicine for conditions of the liver, spleen and kidney.

Uses

Febrifuge, Styptic, Sterility, Uterus, Dysmenorrhoea, Cough, Bacillus typhi, Dysenteriae, Coli

Parts Used

Leaves.

Chemical Composition

Extensive chemical studies of Artemisia species, including Chinese mugwort, document many compounds, including monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, triterpenes and flavones.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Manjepatre, Urigattige
Hindi Nagdona
Malayalam Makkippuvu
Tamil Makkippu
Telugu Masipatri
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Nagadaman
English Indian Wormwood, Fleabane


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Perennial plant

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Gracilis Pampanini Leaves are found throughout the range of the species, it does not seem worthwhile to formally separate

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 2-4cm long Yellow 5 Flowers Season is June - August

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Simple 5-10cm long Clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown Many {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds.

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[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Waste places, Roadsides, Hills, Steppe and forest.

Photo Gallery

References

  1. ↑ Chemical structure
  2. ↑ Flowers description
  3. ↑ Cultivation details

External Links

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