Four famous wormwood addresses in China

The record of the origin of Artemisia argyi leaves was first found in the monograph of herbal medicine in Liang Dynasty, Bielu of Famous Doctors: "Born in the Wild". There is no specific explanation. In the Song Dynasty, Su Song's "Illustration and Materia Medica" recorded: "Today, leaves are everywhere, and it is better to have four Ming's." According to the book, Fu Dao and Siming Ai are the best.

According to textual research, Fudao is under the jurisdiction of tangyin county, Anyang City, Henan Province, which is today's Fudao. There is a saying in Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica: "Tang Yin is called Bei Ai".

2. Hai Ai:

Artemisia argyi is a kind of wormwood in Ningbo, Zhejiang and its vicinity today.

In the Song Dynasty, Su Song's "Illustration and Materia Medica" recorded: "Today, leaves are everywhere, and it is better to have four Ming's." Siming, this is today's Ningbo area.

"Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Siming people call it Hai Ai."

Xiaoxiang Ye Yi searched the literature and found nothing. Only a passage was found in Mei Quanxi's book Research and Application of Folium Artemisiae Argyi. Professor Mei Quanxi wrote to Hu Shuangfeng of Ningbo Institute for Drug Control when he was doing research on Artemisia argyi leaves, requesting to collect samples of Artemisia argyi leaves on his behalf. As a result, Mr. Hu told him that "Ningbo has not produced mugwort leaves for a long time, and all the mugwort leaves used are imported from other places." From this point of view, the ancient name Ai Hai has long since withdrawn from the historical stage.

3. mugwort leaves:

In the Ming Dynasty, Ai Ye made her debut.

The Compendium of Materia Medica, which was finalized during Hongzhi period in Ming Dynasty, records: "Born in other places, there are authentic places everywhere today: Chaozhou and Mingzhou." Qi zhou is today's Qichun in Hubei, and Mingzhou is today's Ningbo in Zhejiang and its vicinity.

Later, "A Hundred Flowers Dream" included a photo of "Artemisia argyi in qi zhou" and recorded: "If you have a collection, you can buy it at a generous price. Every time you choose it, you will be given away from Beijing and wrapped in paper to show your preciousness. Your name will spread far and wide and you will be heard everywhere."

In Compendium of Materia Medica, Li Shizhen first put forward the name of "Artemisia argyi". The book wrote: "Since its birth, the people of qi zhou have been winning. The square is full of things and the world has become heavy. This is the so-called Ai Ai." From then on, Artemisia argyi ranks among the famous Artemisia argyi in China.

Doctors in the Ming and Qing Dynasties attached great importance to and respected Artemisia argyi. "Herbal Semielegance" in Ming Dynasty recorded that "(Artemisia argyi) was born in valleys and fields, and Artemisia argyi in qi zhou was the most expensive, and Artemisia argyi in Siming was the best". The book also said: "qi zhou Palace Artemisia leaves have nine sharp leaves, five or seven inches long and about one minute thick, so they can be called Mei Ai.

4. Ai Qi:

Ai Qi and Yan Ai are homophonic, but they are two different birthplaces.

Artemisia argyi is an excellent variety of Artemisia argyi, which appeared at the beginning of last century. It refers to Artemisia argyi produced in Anguo, Hebei Province (formerly known as qi zhou). Qi zhou, located in the middle of the north, is rich in medicinal resources and is the distribution center of northern medicinal materials. Since the Qing Dynasty, Ai Qi's reputation has gradually spread and become one of the main varieties of gas medicine.

The medical records of officials in the Qing Dynasty also recorded the application of Qiai, and it was also recorded in Zhou Qizhi's "products" in the Qing Dynasty. However, its application is not as good as mugwort. According to statistics, in the prescriptions of medical records in Qing Dynasty, the frequency of use of Folium Artemisiae Argyi and Folium Artemisiae Argyi was about 10: 3. The Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine made a comparative study on the characters of Artemisia argyi from Anguo, Hebei Province and Artemisia argyi from Hunchun, Hubei Province. The results show that "strange love" is superior to "strange love" in some aspects.

Li Ruzhen, a novelist in the Qing Dynasty, wrote this prescription in the Mirror Flower Garden in his later years. He cured the wart (paralysis) with three times of gas moxibustion and never recurred. Jing Hua Yuan was written in the 23rd year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty (1878), long before the Opium War. The appearance of "Ai Qi" in the book confirmed the historical fact that Ai Qi had been used as Chinese herbal medicine by doctors at that time.