苦艾，中药名。为菊科植物中亚苦蒿ArtemisiaabsinthiumL.的叶和花枝。分布于新疆；我国南京等地有栽培。具有清热燥湿，驱蛔，健胃之功效。常用于关节肿痛，湿疹瘙痒，疖肿疮毒，蛔虫病，食欲不振。
Ku-ai, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. Artemisia absinthium L.), also known as wormwood, is the leaf and flower branch of the Asteraceae plant Artemisia absinthium L. It is distributed in Xinjiang and cultivated in Nanjing and other places in China. It has the functions of clearing heat and drying dampness, expelling roundworms, and invigorating the stomach. It is commonly used for joint pain, eczema itching, abscesses, swellings, and toxic sores, as well as for treating worm infestations and poor appetite.

功效作用 功能
Efficacy and Functions

清热燥湿，驱蛔，健胃。主治
Clearing heat, drying dampness, expelling parasites, and invigorating the stomach. Mainly used for treating...

关节肿痛，湿疹瘙痒，疖肿疮毒，蛔虫病，食欲不振。用法用量
Joint swelling and pain, eczema itching, abscesses, boils, and carbuncles, pinworm disease, and loss of appetite. Dosage and administration.

内服：煎汤，3-6g。外用：适量，煎水洗；或熬膏敷。注意事项
Internal use: Decoction, 3-6g. External use: appropriate amount, decoct with water for washing; or apply as a paste. Precautions.

具有引起头痛的副作用，矫正药为洋茴香。药理作用
The side effect causing headache can be alleviated by using fennel as a corrective medicine. Its pharmacological action is as follows:

中枢兴奋作用。相关论述
Central Excitatory Effect. Related Discussion.

《新疆中草药》：“清热燥湿，杀虫止痒。”临床应用 相关配伍
"Xinjiang Herbal Medicine": "Clears heat, dries dampness, kills parasites, and relieves itching." Clinical applications and relevant compatibility.

1、治关节炎：苦艾90-150g。煎汤熏洗患部，或熬膏外敷。（《新疆中草药》）2、治湿疹，疮疖：苦艾、刺黄柏等分。煎水洗患部。（《新疆中草药》）3、治蛔虫：苦艾3-5g。水煎服。（《新疆中草药》）加工炮制 采收加工

1. Treatment of arthritis: 90-150g of mugwort. Decoct and steam the affected area, or make a paste for external application. (From "Xinjiang Traditional Chinese Medicine")2. Treatment of eczema and ulcers: mugwort and Phellodendron amurense in equal parts. Decoct and use the solution to wash the affected area. (From "Xinjiang Traditional Chinese Medicine")3. Treatment of roundworms: 3-5g of mugwort. Decoct and take orally. (From "Xinjiang Traditional Chinese Medicine") Processing and preparation: Harvest and process.

夏季开花前割取花枝或采叶，晒干。药材鉴别 药材性状
Before the summer flowering season, cut the flower branches or pick the leaves, then dry them in the sun. This process is essential for identifying and characterizing the medicinal properties of the herbs.

全体银灰色，被大量丝样紧贴的柔毛，用手触之有柔软感。茎具纵向明显条棱，横断面白色，有髓。叶互生，下部叶有柄，完整的叶，用水湿润展平后，叶片二至三回羽状分裂，小叶片三角状圆形，中部无叶柄，二回羽状分裂，上部叶为羽状分裂，苞叶3裂或不裂，裂片线状长椭圆形，钝尖，全缘或有锯齿缘。众多下垂球形头状花序，组成大型圆锥形花丛，头状花序单个或成双，由披针形的苞腋生出，直径3-4mm，总苞2-3层，覆瓦状排列，外层苞片线状，密被绵毛，内侧苞片椭圆形，膜质；花托具白色托毛；花黄绿色，中央花两性，杯状；边花雌性，狭筒状。气蒿样芳香，味苦。植物学信息 植物种属
All silver-gray, covered with a large amount of silky soft hairs, feels soft to the touch. The stem has obvious longitudinal ribs, white in cross-section, with pith. Leaves are opposite, lower leaves have petioles, complete leaves, when moistened with water and flattened, leaf blades are bipinnately divided into two to three lobes, small leaflets are triangular to circular, with no petiole in the middle, bipinnately divided, upper leaves are pinnately divided, bracts are 3-lobed or unlobed, lobes are linear-oblong, obtuse, entire or serrated. Numerous pendulous globose capitula, forming large conical flower clusters, capitula are solitary or paired, arising from lanceolate bract axils, with a diameter of 3-4mm, involucre 2-3 layers, imbricate, outer bracts linear, densely hairy, inner bracts elliptic, membranous; receptacle with white hairs; flowers yellow-green, central flowers bisexual, cup-shaped; marginal flowers female, narrowly tubular. The plant has an artemisia-like fragrance and a bitter taste. Botanical information about the plant species.

菊科植物中亚苦蒿。形态特征
Artemisia subg. Dracunculus in the Asteraceae family. Morphological characteristics.

中亚苦蒿，又名洋艾。多年生草本。主根明显，单一，垂直，有时木质化，直径达3厘米；根状茎稍粗短，垂直，直径1-2.5厘米，常有短小的营养枝，枝上密生营养叶。茎单生或2-3枚，直立，高60-150厘米，有纵棱，密被灰白色短柔毛，上半部多分枝，枝长10-20厘米，斜向上。叶纸质，叶两面幼时密被黄白色或灰黄色稍带绢质的短柔毛，后叶面毛渐稀疏，背面毛宿存；茎下部与营养枝的叶长卵形或卵形，长8-12厘米，宽7-9厘米，二至三回羽状全裂，每侧有裂片4-5枚，裂片长卵形或椭圆形，再次羽状全裂，小裂片椭圆状披针形或线状披针形，长8-15毫米，宽2-4(-7)毫米，先端钝尖，叶柄长6-12厘米；中部叶长卵形或卵形，长6-9厘米，宽3-7厘米，二回羽状全裂，小裂片线状披针形，长（0.8-）1-2.5厘米，宽2-5毫米，叶柄长2-6厘米；上部叶长4-6厘米，宽2-4厘米，羽状全裂或，全裂，裂片披针形或线状披针形，长8-12毫米，宽2-4（-6）毫米，近无柄；苞片叶3深裂或不分裂，裂片或不分裂的苞片叶披针形或线状披针形。头状花序球形或近球形，直径2.5-3.5(-4)毫米，有短梗或近无梗，下垂，基部有狭线形的小苞叶，在分枝及茎端排成穗状花序式的总状花序，并在茎上组成略开展或中等开展的扫帚形的圆锥花序；总苞片3-4层，外层、中层总苞片椭圆形，背面有白色柔毛与绿色中肋，边缘膜质，内层总苞片卵形，近膜质，背面近无毛；花序托密被白色托毛；雌花1层，15-25朵，花冠狭圆锥状或狭管状，檐部具2裂齿，花柱线形，伸出花冠外，先端分叉长，叉端锐尖；两性花4-6层，30-70(90)朵，花冠管状，花药披针形或线形，顶端附属物尖，长三角形，先端锐尖，花药基部圆钝，花柱与花冠近等长，先端2叉，叉端截形，柱头具睫毛。瘦果长圆形，顶端微有不对称的冠状边缘。花果期8-11月。分布区域
Artemisia sieversiana, also known as wormwood, is a perennial herb. The main root is obvious, single, vertical, sometimes woody, with a diameter of up to 3 centimeters; the rhizome is slightly thick and short, vertical, with a diameter of 1-2.5 centimeters, often with short small nutrient branches, densely covered with nutrient leaves on the branches. The stem is solitary or 2-3, erect, 60-150 centimeters tall, with longitudinal ridges, densely covered with gray-white short soft hairs, branching in the upper half, branches 10-20 centimeters long, slanting upwards. The leaves are papery, covered with yellow-white or gray-yellow slightly silky hairs on both sides when young, becoming sparse on the back of the leaves, with persistent hairs on the back; the lower leaves of the stem and nutrient branches are long ovate or ovate, 8-12 centimeters long, 7-9 centimeters wide, bipinnately lobed two to three times, with 4-5 lobes on each side, lobes long ovate or elliptic, lobed again, small lobes elliptic-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 8-15 millimeters long, 2-4(-7) millimeters wide, blunt at the tip, petiole 6-12 centimeters long; the middle leaves are long ovate or ovate, 6-9 centimeters long, 3-7 centimeters wide, bipinnately lobed, lobes linear-lanceolate, (0.8-)1-2.5 centimeters long, 2-5 millimeters wide, petiole 2-6 centimeters long; the upper leaves are 4-6 centimeters long, 2-4 centimeters wide, pinnately lobed or entire, lobes lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 8-12 millimeters long, 2-4(-6) millimeters wide, nearly sessile; bract leaves 3 deeply lobed or unlobed, lobed or unlobed bract leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. Capitulum spherical or nearly spherical, 2.5-3.5(-4) millimeters in diameter, shortly stalked or nearly sessile, pendulous, with narrow linear bracts at the base, arranged in spike-like racemose capitula at the branches and stem tips, forming slightly spreading or moderately spreading broom-shaped conical capitula on the stem; involucre 3-4 layers, outer and middle involucral bracts elliptic, with white soft hairs and green midribs on the back, membranous margins, inner involucral bracts ovate, nearly membranous, nearly hairless on the back; receptacle densely covered with white pappus; pistillate flowers 1 layer, 15-25, corolla narrowly conical or tubular, with 2 lobes at the apex, style linear, extending beyond the corolla, bifurcated at the tip, sharply pointed at the tip of the bifurcation; hermaphrodite flowers 4-6 layers, 30-70(90), corolla tubular, anthers lanceolate or linear, appendage at the apex triangular, sharply pointed at the tip, base of the anther rounded, style nearly as long as the corolla, bifurcated at the tip, bifurcation truncate, stigma with cilia. Achene elongate-elliptic, with slightly asymmetrical coronal edges at the apex. Flowering and fruiting period from August to November. Distribution area.

分布于新疆；我国南京等地有栽培。生长环境
Distributed in Xinjiang; cultivated in places like Nanjing in China. Growth environment.

生于海拔1100-1500m的山坡、草原、林缘及灌丛中。
Born on slopes, grasslands, forest edges, and thickets at an altitude of 1100-1500 meters.