The difference between Artemisia capillaris and Artemisia argyi

The leaves of Artemisia capillaris are small and have little taste, while the leaves of Artemisia argyi are large and have a stronger bitter taste. The leaves of wormwood are often wrinkled and broken. After decomposition, the leaves become ovate-elliptical and deeply palmately fissured. The upper surface is light green or dark light green with sparse hairs and glandular dots, and the lower surface has aggregated gray-white flocculent hairs. Artemisia capillaris, a Chinese medicinal material, is mostly curled into a ball, grayish white or light green, and the whole plant is densely covered with grayish white velvet, as soft as velvet. It is brittle and easy to break.

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Mugwort leaves: Mugwort, also known as: Xiaomao, Bingtai, Ecao, Xiangai, Qi Ai, Aixiao, mugwort, mugwort, Penggao, mugwort, moxibustion grass, medical grass, yellow grass, mugwort wool, etc. It is a perennial herb or slightly semi-shrub with a strong fragrance on the main stem.

The stem is single or very few, dark brown or gray-brown, slightly woody at the tip, mycelial at the upper end, and has very few short branches. The leaves are thick and papery, covered with short grayish-white soft hairs on the upper side, and the tip generally has no false bracts or very small false bracts; the upper leaves and bracts are pinnate-cleft, the head inflorescence is elliptical, the carola is tubular or high-footed red wine glass-shaped, with glandular dots on the outside, the anthers are narrow linear, and the style is nearly as long as the carola or slightly longer than the carola.

Achenes are long oval or long ring-shaped. The fruit season is from September to October. Wolf grass is used as medicine, which has the effects of warming the meridians, removing dampness, removing cold, promoting blood circulation, relieving inflammation, relieving asthma, relieving cough and reducing phlegm, nourishing the fetus, and resisting allergies. The leaves of mugwort are dried and mashed to make "mugwort wool", which is used to make moxibustion patches for moxibustion and can also be used as the raw material for "ink paste". Spread across Asia and Europe.

1. Mugwort leaves have a strong smell, while Artemisia capillaris has none. Mugwort leaves are dark green in appearance, while Artemisia capillaris has small hairs on the surface.

2. Mugwort leaves are often wrinkled and crushed. After decomposition, the leaves become ovate-elliptical and deeply palmately fissured. The upper surface is light green or dark green with sparse hairs and glandular dots, and the lower surface has aggregated gray-white floc-like hairs. Artemisia capillaris, a Chinese medicinal material, is mostly curled into a ball, grayish white or light green, and the whole plant is densely covered with grayish white velvet, as soft as velvet. It is brittle and easy to break.