Ai Ye
| Ai Ye in TCM:Explore the properties of Ai Ye according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: artemesia argyi, argy wormwood leaf
Pharmaceutical Name: Artemesia argyi
Properties: bitter, acrid, warm
Temperature: warm
Channels: SP, KD, LV
Flavors: bitter, pungent
Special Properties:
disperses cold, clears damp, stops bleeding
Alternate Forms:
- chao tan- good to stop bleeding
- sheng- often used, does not stop bleeding so much
Actions / Indications:
- Warm meridians; stop bleeding (uterine bleeding due
to deficient cold; prolonged menstrual bleeding; cold dysenteric disorder, hematemesis, epistaxis, blood in stools)
- Regulates menses; alleviates pain; pacifies fetus (restless fetus, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, lower abdominal cold pain, infertility due to cold womb, vaginal bleeding inthreatening miscarriage, also vaginal discharge, abdominal pain due to SP/ST deficient cold)
- Resolves dampness; stops itching (can be used topically for eczema, tinea, genital)
Other Notes:
- Ai Ye is the primary herb used in moxibustion
- For profuse menstrual bleeding due to deficient cold combine Ai Ye
with Gan Jiang and E
Jiao
Contraindications:
- (cc: heat in blood)
- (cc: yin deficiency)
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