味辛，寒，有小毒。主瘰 丹毒，小儿无辜寒热，大腹痞满，痰饮膈上热。生研绞
汁服一合，当吐出胸膈间宿物。生人家阶庭湿处，高三、二寸，苗叶似幂KT ，去疟为上，
江
东有之，北土无。
味咸，温，无毒。主折伤内损血瘀，生肤止痛。主产后血病，治五脏，除邪气，补虚
损，乳及水煮服之，亦捣碎敷伤折处。生胡国，似干茅，黄赤色。
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味苦，微温，无毒。主灸百病。可作煎，止下痢，吐血，下部 疮，妇人漏血，利阴
气，生肌肉，辟风寒，使人有子。一名冰台，一名医草。生田野。三月三日采，曝干。作煎
勿令见风。
陶隐居云∶捣叶以灸百病，亦止伤血，汁又杀蛔虫，苦酒煎叶，疗癣甚良。唐本注云∶
《别
录》云，艾，生寒熟热。主下血，衄血，脓血痢。水煮及丸散任用。臣禹锡等谨按药性论
云
∶艾叶，使。能止崩血，安胎，止腹痛。醋煎作煎，治癣，止赤白痢及五脏痔泻血。煎叶，
主吐血。实，主明目，疗一切鬼气。初生取作干菜食之。又除鬼气。炒艾作馄饨，吞三、五
枚，以饭压之良。长服止冷痢。又心腹恶气，取叶捣汁饮。又捣末和干姜末为丸，一服三十
丸，饭压，日再服。治一切冷气，鬼邪毒瓦斯，最去恶气。孟诜云∶艾实与干姜为末，蜜丸。
消一切冷气。田野人尤与相当。日华子云∶止霍乱转筋，治心痛，鼻洪，并带下及患痢人后
分寒热急痛。和蜡并诃子烧熏，神验。艾实，暖，无毒。壮阳助水脏，腰膝及暖子宫。
图经曰∶艾叶，旧不着所出州土，但云生田野，今处处有之，以复道者为佳。云此种灸
百病
尤胜
。初春布地生苗，茎类蒿而叶背白，以苗短者为佳。三月三日、五月五日，采叶，曝干。经
陈久方可用。俗间亦生捣叶取汁饮，止心腹恶气。古方亦用熟艾拓金疮。又中风掣痛，不仁
不随。并以干艾斛许，揉团之，纳瓦甑中，并下塞诸孔，独留一目，以痛处着甑目下，烧艾
一时久知矣。又治癞，取干艾随多少以浸面，酿酒如常法，饮之，觉痹即瘥。近世亦有单服
艾者，或用蒸木瓜丸之，或作汤，空腹饮之，甚补虚羸。然亦有毒，其毒发则热气冲上，狂
躁不能禁，至攻眼有疮出血者，诚不可妄服也。
食疗云干者并煎者，金疮，崩中，霍乱，止胎漏。春初采，为可干饼子。入生姜煎服，
止泻
痢。三月三日可采作煎，甚治冷。若患冷气，取熟艾面裹作馄饨，可大如弹许。又治百恶气
。取其子，和干姜捣作末，蜜丸如梧子大。空心三十丸服，以饭三、五匙压之，日再服。其
鬼神速走出，颇消一切冷血。田野之人与此方相宜也。又，产后泻血不止。取干艾叶半两炙
熟，老生姜半两，浓煎汤，一服便止。妙。外台秘要∶治霍乱吐下不止。艾一把，水三升，
煮取一升，顿服。又方∶治诸骨鲠。生艾蒿数升，水、酒共一斗，煮取四升，稍稍饮之良。
肘后方∶鬼击之病，得之无
渐，卒着人如刀刺状，胸胁腹内 刺切痛，不可抑按，或即吐血，鼻中出血，下血。一名鬼
排。以熟艾如鸡子三枚，水
五升，煎取二升，顿服之。又方∶治卒心痛。白熟艾成熟者一升，以水三升，煮取一升，去
滓，顿服。若为客气所中者，
当吐虫物。又方∶治
去滓，顿服，取汗。又方∶
治病患齿无色，舌上白，或喜睡，不知痛痒处，或下痢，急治下部。不晓此者，但攻其上，
不以为意，下部生虫，食其
肛，烂见五脏，便死。烧艾于管中，熏下部，令烟入，更入少雄黄良。葛氏方治蛔虫，或心
如刺，口吐清水。捣生艾取
汁，宿勿食，但取肥香脯一方寸片先吃，令虫闻香，然后即饮一升，当下蛔。又方∶妊娠卒
胎动不安，或但腰痛，或胎
转抢心，或下血不止。艾叶一鸡子大，以酒四升煮取二升，分为二服，良。经验方∶治喉痹。
青艾和茎叶一握，用醋捣
敷痹上，若冬月，取干艾亦得。李亚传。又方∶王峡州传野鸡痔病方，用槐柳汤洗，便以艾
灸其上七壮，以知为度。王
及郎中充西川安抚判官，乘骡入洛谷，数日而痔，病因是大作，如胡 贯于肠头，其热如
煨火，至一驿，僵仆，无计。
有主邮者云∶须灸即瘥。及命所使为槐柳汤热洗 上。因用艾灸三、五壮，忽觉一道热气盛
入肠中，因大转泻，鲜血秽
物一时出，至楚痛，泻后遂失胡 所在。孙真人粪后有血。浓煎艾叶、生姜汁，三
门方治火眼。用艾烧令烟起，
以碗盖之，候烟上碗成煤取下，用温水调化洗火眼，即瘥。更入黄连甚妙。又方∶治癫痫。
用艾于阴囊下谷道正门当中
间，随年岁灸之。胜金方
不透风，一头以艾灸之七壮。
患右灸左，患左灸右。耳痛亦灸得。初虞世治妇人崩中连日不止。熟艾鸡子大，阿胶炒为末
半两，干姜一钱锉，右以水
五盏先煮艾、姜至二盏半，入胶消扬，温分三服，空腹服，一日尽。兵部手集∶治发背头末
成疮及诸热肿。以湿纸拓上，
先干处是热气冲上，欲作疮子，便
治误吞钱。取艾蒿一把细
锉，用水五升，煎取一升，顿服便下。伤寒类要∶治妇人妊娠七月，若伤寒壮热，赤斑变为
黑斑，溺血
作罂，以
竹筒如指大，一头坐罂缸中，一头纳下部孔中，以鸡子大艾一团烧之，以泥作罂口吹之，常
令艾烟熏下部，强人可益久，
良。子母秘录胎动上迫心痛。取艾叶如鸡子大，以头醋四升，煎取二升，分温服。又方∶治
倒产子死腹中。艾叶半斤，
酒四升，煮取一升服。又方∶小儿黄烂疮。烧艾叶灰敷上。荆楚岁时记端午，四民踏百草，
采艾以为人悬之户上穣毒瓦斯。
又宗士炳之孙，常以端午日，鸡未鸣时采似人者，缚用灸有验。
衍义曰∶艾叶，干捣，筛去青滓，取白，入石硫黄，为硫黄艾，灸家用。得米粉少许，
可捣为末，入服食药。入硫黄别有法。
【艾叶】
味辛，性寒，有小毒。主治瘰疬、丹毒，小儿无辜寒热病，大腹痞满，痰饮停聚于胸膈以上引起的发热。将新鲜艾叶研磨后绞取汁液，服用一合（约20毫升），应当能吐出胸膈间积存的宿食或痰浊。生长在人家台阶庭院潮湿处，高约二三寸，苗叶形状类似幂KT（一种植物），去除疟疾效果最佳，江东地区有生长，北方土地没有。
【另一品种/附注】
味咸，性温，无毒。主治跌打损伤导致的内伤瘀血，促进皮肤愈合，止痛。主治产后血证，调理五脏，祛除邪气，补益虚损。可用乳汁或水煮后服用，也可以捣碎后外敷于跌打损伤处。生长在胡国（泛指西域或北方异域），外形像干枯的茅草，呈黄赤色。
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艾叶
味苦，微温，无毒。主治用艾灸治各种疾病。可制成煎剂，治疗下痢、吐血、下部疮疡、妇人经血淋漓不尽，通利阴气，促进肌肉生长，辟除风寒，有助于受孕。又名冰台，又名医草。生长在田野中。三月三日采集，晒干。制作煎剂时不要让药液接触风。
陶隐居说：捣烂艾叶进行艾灸可以治疗各种疾病，也能止血，其汁液又能杀死蛔虫，用醋煎煮艾叶，治疗癣症效果很好。唐本注说：《别录》记载，艾生用时性寒，熟用时性热。主治便血、鼻出血、脓血痢。用水煮或制成丸散均可使用。臣禹锡等人谨按《药性论》记载：艾叶为使药。能止崩漏出血，安胎，止腹痛。用醋煎煮制成煎剂，治疗癣症，止赤白痢及五脏痔疮出血。煎煮艾叶，主治吐血。艾实（艾的种子），性实，主治明目，治疗一切鬼气（指精神异常或不明原因的怪病）。初生嫩叶可做干菜食用。又能祛除鬼气。将炒过的艾叶做成馄饨，吞服三到五枚，饭后送服效果好。长期服用可止冷痢。又有心腹恶气者，取艾叶捣汁饮用。还有将艾叶末与干姜末混合制成丸药，每次服用三十丸，饭后送服，每日两次。治疗一切冷气、鬼邪毒瓦斯，最能祛除恶气。孟诜说：将艾实与干姜研为末，蜂蜜制丸。消除一切冷气。田野百姓尤其适合此方。日华子说：止霍乱转筋，治疗心痛、鼻出血，以及带下病和患痢疾者肛门后的寒热急痛。将艾叶与蜡及诃子一起烧熏，效果神奇。艾实，性暖，无毒。壮阳助肾水，治疗腰膝疼痛及温暖子宫。
《图经》说：艾叶，旧籍未注明出产州土，只说生于田野，如今到处都有，以复道（可能指特定产地或品种）者为佳。据说这种艾叶灸治百病尤为胜过其他。初春在地面生出苗，茎像蒿草而叶背白色，以苗短者为佳。三月三日、五月五日采集叶片，晒干。经过陈放日久才可使用。民间也有的直接捣碎新鲜艾叶取汁饮用，以止心腹恶气。古方也用熟艾拓敷金疮（刀箭创伤）。又有中风牵掣疼痛、麻木不遂的症状。都用干艾约一斛许，揉成团，放入瓦甑中，并塞住所有孔洞，只留一个眼，将疼痛部位对准甑目下方，燃烧艾叶一段时间即可见效。又治疗癞病（麻风等皮肤病），取干艾适量浸泡面粉，按常法酿酒，饮用后感觉麻痹即痊愈。近代也有单服艾叶的，或用蒸木瓜制成丸药，或作汤剂空腹饮用，非常补益虚羸。然而也有毒性，其毒发作时热气冲上头部，狂躁无法控制，甚至导致眼部生疮出血，确实不可随意服用。
《食疗本草》说：干艾和煎剂，用于金疮、崩中、霍乱，止胎漏。春初采集，可制成干饼状。加入生姜煎服，止泻痢。三月三日可采集制作煎剂，很治冷症。若患冷气，取熟艾用面粉包裹做成馄饨，大小如弹丸。又治百种恶气。取其种子，与干姜捣为末，蜜丸如梧桐子大。空腹服用三十丸，用三到五匙饭压服，每日两次。鬼神迅速离去，颇消一切冷血。田野之人与此方相宜。另外，产后泻血不止。取干艾叶半两炙熟，老生姜半两，浓煎汤剂，一次服用即可止血。奇妙。《外台秘要》：治疗霍乱吐泻不止。艾一把，水三升，煮取一升，一次性服用。又一方：治疗诸骨鲠喉。生艾蒿数升，水、酒共一斗，煮取四升，慢慢饮用效果好。《肘后方》：鬼击病，得病无渐进过程，突然袭击人如被刀刺状，胸胁腹内刺痛剧烈，不可按压，或立即吐血、鼻出血、下血。一名鬼排。用熟艾如鸡蛋三枚，水五升，煎取二升，一次性服用。又一方：治疗突发心痛。成熟的好熟艾一升，水三升，煮取一升，去渣，一次性服用。若是被客气所中，应当吐出虫物。又一方：去渣，一次性服用，取汗。又一方：治疗病患牙齿无色，舌上发白，或嗜睡，不知痛痒之处，或下痢，急治下部。不懂此理者，只攻上部，不在意下部，下部生虫，食其肛门，腐烂见五脏，便会死亡。将艾在管中烧，熏下部，让烟进入，再加少许雄黄效果好。葛氏方治疗蛔虫，或心如针刺，口吐清水。捣生艾取汁，隔夜不食，先吃一方寸大的肥香肉脯，让虫闻到香味，然后立即饮用一升汁，当下出蛔虫。又一方：妊娠突然胎动不安，或仅腰痛，或胎转抢心，或下血不止。艾叶如鸡蛋大一团，用酒四升煮取二升，分两次服用，效果好。经验方：治疗喉痹。青艾连茎叶一握，用醋捣敷于痹处，若冬季，取干艾也可。李亚传。又一方：王峡州传野鸡痔病方，用槐柳汤清洗，随即在其上艾灸七壮，以见效为度。王及郎中充任西川安抚判官，骑骡入洛谷，数日后患痔，病因大作，如胡瓜贯穿肠头，其热如煨火，至一驿站，僵仆倒地，无计可施。有主邮者说：必须艾灸才能痊愈。于是命使者用槐柳汤热洗患处。随即用艾灸三、五壮，忽然觉得一股热气盛入肠中，因大转泻，鲜血秽物一时排出，虽痛苦，泻后遂失胡瓜所在。孙真人粪后有血。浓煎艾叶、生姜汁，三门方治火眼。用艾烧令烟起，以碗盖之，候烟上碗成煤取下，用温水调化洗火眼，即愈。更入黄连甚妙。又一方：治疗癫痫。用艾于阴囊下谷道正门中间，随年龄岁数灸之。胜金方不透风，一头以艾灸之七壮。患右灸左，患左灸右。耳痛亦灸得。初虞世治妇人崩中连日不止。熟艾鸡子大，阿胶炒为末半两，干姜一钱锉，右以水五盏先煮艾、姜至二盏半，入胶消扬，温分三服，空腹服，一日尽。兵部手集：治发背头末成疮及诸热肿。以湿纸拓上，先干处是热气冲上，欲作疮子，便治误吞钱。取艾蒿一把细锉，用水五升，煎取一升，顿服便下。伤寒类要：治妇人妊娠七月，若伤寒壮热，赤斑变为黑斑，溺血作罂，以竹筒如指大，一头坐罂缸中，一头纳下部孔中，以鸡子大艾一团烧之，以泥作罂口吹之，常令艾烟熏下部，强人可益久，良。子母秘录胎动上迫心痛。取艾叶如鸡子大，以头醋四升，煎取二升，分温服。又方：治倒产子死腹中。艾叶半斤，酒四升，煮取一升服。又方：小儿黄烂疮。烧艾叶灰敷上。荆楚岁时记端午，四民踏百草，采艾以为人悬之户上穣毒瓦斯。又宗士炳之孙，常以端午日，鸡未鸣时采似人者，缚用灸有验。
《衍义》说：艾叶，干捣，筛去青滓，取白，入石硫黄，为硫黄艾，灸家用。得米粉少许，可捣为末，入服食药。入硫黄别有法。
[Artemisiae Folium]
Acrid in flavor, cold in nature, slightly toxic. Primarily treats scrofula (lymph node tuberculosis), erysipelas (red skin infection), pediatric innocent fever and chills, abdominal distension and fullness, and heat caused by phlegm-fluid retention above the diaphragm. Fresh leaves are ground and pressed to extract juice; one he (approx. 20 ml) is taken orally, which should induce vomiting of retained food or phlegm in the chest and diaphragm. It grows in damp places at the steps and courtyards of houses, about three to two cun high. The seedlings and leaves resemble Miyu KT. It is superior for eliminating malaria. It is found in the Jiangdong region but not in the northern lands.
[Salt-type variety / Note]
Salty in flavor, warm in nature, non-toxic. Primarily treats internal injury and blood stasis from fractures and trauma, promotes skin regeneration, and relieves pain. It treats postpartum blood disorders, regulates the five zang organs, eliminates pathogenic factors, and tonifies deficiency and damage. It can be taken after boiling in milk or water, or crushed and applied externally to traumatic injuries. It grows in Hu Guo (referring to Western Regions or northern foreign lands), resembling dried cogon grass, with a yellow-red color.
[Added from *Yanyi* in the Jiyi year]
Artemisiae Folium
Bitter in flavor, slightly warm in nature, non-toxic. Primarily used for moxibustion to treat various diseases. It can be prepared as a decoction to treat dysentery, hematemesis, lower body sores, uterine bleeding (metrorrhagia), benefit yin qi, promote muscle growth, repel wind-cold, and facilitate conception. Also known as Bingtai, also known as Yicao. It grows in fields. Harvested on the third day of the third lunar month and sun-dried. When preparing decoctions, avoid exposure to wind.
Tao Hongjing stated: Crushing the leaves for moxibustion treats various diseases and stops bleeding; the juice also kills roundworms. Boiling the leaves with vinegar effectively treats tinea. *Tang Ben Zhu* states: *Bie Lu* records that mugwort is cold when raw and hot when cooked. It treats lower GI bleeding, epistaxis, and purulent bloody dysentery. It can be boiled in water or made into pills and powders. Ministers Yu Xi et al., according to *Yao Xing Lun*, note: Mugwort serves as an envoy herb. It stops metrorrhagia, calms the fetus, and relieves abdominal pain. Prepared with vinegar as a decoction, it treats tinea, stops red and white dysentery, and hemorrhoids bleeding from the five zang organs. Boiled leaves treat hematemesis. Artemisia seeds are substantial in nature, treat blurred vision, and cure all "ghost qi" (mental anomalies or unexplained ailments). Young shoots can be eaten as dried vegetables. They also dispel ghost qi. Stir-fried mugwort made into wontons, swallowing three to five pieces after meals is effective. Long-term use stops cold dysentery. For evil qi in the heart and abdomen, crushing fresh leaves and drinking the juice is recommended. Another method mixes mugwort powder with dried ginger powder into pills; thirty pills per dose, taken twice daily after meals, treat all cold qi, ghost evil toxic vapors, and best eliminate evil qi. Meng Shen stated: Mixing Artemisia seeds with dried ginger powder and honey into pills eliminates all cold qi. This formula is particularly suitable for rural people. Ri Huazi stated: It stops cholera with muscle cramps, treats heart pain, epistaxis, leukorrhea, and acute cold-heat pain in the anus of dysentery patients. Burning mugwort with wax and Chebula fruit is miraculous. Artemisia seeds are warm and non-toxic. They strengthen yang, assist kidney water, treat waist and knee pain, and warm the uterus.
*Tujing* states: Old texts do not specify the origin of mugwort, only stating it grows in fields; now it is ubiquitous, with those from Fudao being superior. It is said this type is especially superior for moxibustion. Seedlings emerge in early spring; stems resemble artemisia with white undersides on leaves; shorter seedlings are preferred. Leaves are harvested on the third day of the third lunar month and the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, then sun-dried. Only aged mugwort is usable. Folk methods also involve crushing fresh leaves to drink juice for stopping heart and abdominal evil qi. Ancient formulas also use cooked mugwort for external application on knife wounds. For stroke-induced pulling pain, numbness, and paralysis, dry mugwort (approx. one hu) is kneaded into a ball, placed in a clay steamer (zeng), sealing all holes except one. The painful area is placed under the opening, and the mugwort is burned for a period. It also treats leprosy; dry mugwort is soaked in flour, brewed into wine normally, and consumed until numbness resolves. In recent times, some take mugwort alone, either steamed with papaya pills or as a soup drunk on an empty stomach, which greatly tonifies emaciation. However, it has toxicity; if toxicity manifests, hot qi rushes upward causing uncontrollable mania, potentially leading to eye sores and bleeding. It must not be taken recklessly.
*Shiliao* states: Dried mugwort and decoctions treat knife wounds, metrorrhagia, cholera, and fetal leakage. Harvested in early spring, it can be made into dried cakes. Boiled with ginger, it stops diarrhea and dysentery. Prepared as a decoction on the third day of the third lunar month, it treats cold syndromes well. For cold qi, cooked mugwort wrapped in dough into wontons (size of a bullet) is used. It also treats hundred kinds of evil qi. Seeds mixed with dried ginger powder, honey-pilled (size of wu zi), taken thirty pills on an empty stomach with rice, twice daily, expels ghosts quickly and dissipates cold blood. Suitable for rural people. Additionally, for persistent postpartum bleeding: half liang of roasted dry mugwort and half liang of old ginger, boiled into a strong decoction, stopped bleeding upon one dose. Marvelous. *Waitai Mi Yao*: Treats continuous cholera vomiting and diarrhea. One handful of mugwort, three sheng of water, boiled to one sheng, taken in one dose. Another formula: Treats bone splinters stuck in the throat. Several sheng of fresh mugwort, one dou of water and wine, boiled to four sheng, sipped slowly is good. *Zhouhou Fang*: Ghost strike disease, onset without gradual progression, sudden attack like knife stabbing, severe piercing pain in chest, hypochondrium, and abdomen, unpressable, possibly immediate hematemesis, epistaxis, or lower bleeding. Also called Guipai. Three chicken-egg-sized portions of cooked mugwort, five sheng of water, boiled to two sheng, taken in one dose. Another formula: Treats sudden heart pain. One sheng of mature cooked mugwort, three sheng of water, boiled to one sheng, strained, taken in one dose. If attacked by guest qi, parasites may be vomited. Another formula: Strain, take in one dose, induce sweating. Another formula: Treats patients with colorless teeth, white tongue, lethargy, insensitivity to pain/itch, or dysentery. Urgently treat the lower part. Those who do not understand this only attack the upper part, ignoring the lower part; worms grow in the lower part, eating the anus, rotting to expose the five zang organs, leading to death. Burn mugwort in a tube to fumigate the lower part, letting smoke enter; adding realgar is beneficial. Ge Shi Fang treats roundworms, heart pain like stabbing, spitting clear water. Crush fresh mugwort for juice; fast overnight, first eat a square-inch piece of fatty fragrant meat to attract worms, then drink one sheng of juice to expel roundworms. Another formula: Sudden fetal restlessness during pregnancy, or only back pain, or fetal movement pressing on the heart, or continuous bleeding. A mugwort ball size of a chicken egg, boiled in four sheng of wine to two sheng, divided into two doses, is good. Jingyan Fang: Treats throat obstruction (bi syndrome). A handful of green mugwort with stems and leaves, crushed with vinegar and applied to the bi site; in winter, dry mugwort is acceptable. Transmitted by Li Ya. Another formula: Wang Xiazhou's transmission for wild pheasant hemorrhoid disease, wash with sophora and willow soup, then apply seven moxa cones. Effective when sensation is achieved. Wang Ji, Langzhong serving as West Sichuan Pacification Judge, rode a mule into Lu Valley, developed hemorrhoids after several days, worsening severely, feeling like a cucumber penetrating the rectum, heat like smoldering fire. At one station, he collapsed helplessly. A postal official said: Moxibustion is required for recovery. The messenger washed the area with hot sophora and willow soup, then applied three to five moxa cones. Suddenly, a surge of hot qi entered the intestines, followed by massive diarrhea of blood and filth. Though painful, the cucumber-like object disappeared after diarrhea. Sun Simiao: Blood after stool. Strongly boil mugwort and ginger juice. Sanmen Fang treats fire eyes. Burn mugwort to produce smoke, cover with a bowl until soot forms, mix with warm water to wash fire eyes, curing immediately. Adding Coptis chinensis is excellent. Another formula: Treats epilepsy. Apply moxibustion between the anus and scrotum, number of cones based on age. Shengjin Fang: Wind-blockage. Seven moxa cones on one end. Treat right side by moxibusting left, left by right. Ear pain also treated by moxibustion. Chu Yushi treats women with continuous metrorrhagia. Chicken-egg sized cooked mugwort, half liang fried Angelica sinensis powder, one qian chopped dried ginger. Boil mugwort and ginger in five wan of water to two and a half wan, dissolve gelatin, divide into three warm doses, taken on empty stomach, finished in one day. Bingshou Ji: Treats carbuncles on back not yet ulcerated and various heat swellings. Place wet paper on top; where it dries first indicates rising heat intending to form an abscess. Treat accidental swallowing of coins. One handful of finely chopped artemisia, five sheng of water, boiled to one sheng, taken in one dose causes expulsion. *Shanghan Leiyao*: Treats pregnant women in seventh month with severe fever from cold damage, red macules turning black, hematuria. Make a gourd-shaped container, insert a bamboo tube (finger-sized) into the lower orifice, place a chicken-egg-sized mugwort ball inside, seal mouth with mud, blow to keep smoke entering lower part continuously. Strong individuals can endure longer. Good. Zimu Milu: Fetal movement pressing on heart causing pain. Take mugwort size of chicken egg, four sheng of head vinegar, boil to two sheng, divide and take warm. Another formula: Treats breech presentation with dead fetus in womb. Half jin of mugwort, four sheng of wine, boiled to one sheng, taken. Another formula: Infantile yellow rot sores. Apply ash from burned mugwort. *Jingchu Suishiji*: Dragon Boat Festival, people tread herbs, harvest mugwort shaped like humans, hang on doors to dispel toxic vapors. Zong Shibing's grandson often harvested human-shaped mugwort before rooster crow on Dragon Boat Festival, tied it, and used for moxibustion with verified results.
*Yanyi* states: Dry mugwort is pounded, sifted to remove green residue, taking the white fiber. Mixed with native sulfur, it becomes Sulfur Mugwort, used by moxibustion practitioners. With a little rice flour, it can be pounded into powder for medicinal foods. There is a specific method for mixing with sulfur.