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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/>

== Description Uses=={{Uses|Febrifuge}}, {{Uses|Styptic}}, {{Uses|Sterility}}, {{Uses|Uterus}}, {{Uses|Dysmenorrhoea}}, {{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|Bacillus typhi}}, {{Uses|Dysenteriae}}, {{Uses|Coli}}

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=Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Leaves}}.

== Uses Chemical Composition==Extensive chemical studies of Artemisia species, including Chinese mugwort, document many compounds, including monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, triterpenes and flavones.<ref name="chemical composition"/>

*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.==Common names==*The leaves are used as an antiseptic{{Common names|kn=Manjepatre, expectorantUrigattige|ml=Makkippuvu|sa=Nagadaman|ta=Makkippu|te=Masipatri|hi=Nagdona|en=Indian Wormwood, 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 and brings rapid relief.Fleabane}}

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

== References =Guna===

<references>===Veerya=== ===Vipaka=== ===Karma=== ===Prabhava=== ==Habit=={{Habit|Perennial plant}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple|Gracilis Pampanini|Leaves are found throughout the range of the species, it does not seem worthwhile to formally separate}}<ref name="intLeaf"/> ===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=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [http://www[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}.agroatlas.ru ==How to plant/encultivate==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/contentcultivate"/weeds> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Waste places}}, {{Commonly seen|Roadsides}}, {{Commonly seen|Hills}}, {{Commonly seen|Steppe and forest}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px"> </Artemisia_argyi/ Artemisia argyi]gallery> ==References== </refreferences><ref name="int2chemical composition">[http://acupuncturetodaywww.circulating-oils-library.com/herbcentralen/plants/mugwort_leaf.php Acupuncture Todaymugwort-plant-artemisia-argyi Chemical structure]</ref></references>

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

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