Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕	Herba Artemisiae Anomalae
Botanical name: 學名﹕	Artemisia anomala S. Moore
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕	ryugino
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕	yukido
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕	lau4 gei3 nou4
Other Names: 別名﹕	qi hao 奇蒿﹐liu ye xue 六月雪﹐qiu li guang 九里光。
Common Name: 英文名﹕	artemesia, anomala
Distribution: 產地﹕	Jiangsu, Hunan, Sichuan. 江蘇﹐ 湖南﹐ 四川。
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕	bitter warm 苦. 溫。
Channels (meridians) entered:   歸經﹕	heart, spleen. 心﹐脾.
Medical functions: 藥理﹕
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕	For treatment of blockage of menses due to blood stasis   , post partum pain due to blood stasis, injuries from impacts, flatulence and pain due to food stagnation caused by pixu (spleen deficient) . 用於血淤經閉，產後瘀痛，跌仆傷痛， .脾虛食積停滯，脘腹脹痛。
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕	Essential oil ~ 0.43% and saponin. 含揮發油大約0。43%﹐ 皂素。
Dosage: 用量﹕	3 to 9 g for rid of food stagnation. Using by itself, the dosage can be 9 to 15 g. Make into decoction. 3 ~ 9 克，用於消食積，單味可用9 至15 克，水煎服。
Samples of formulae :處方舉例﹕	For blockage of menses, postpartum pain due to xuexu: often it is combined with dang gui, hong hua, yan hu suo. For injuries from impact: often it is combined with gu sui bu, yan hu suo. 用於經閉不通﹐產後血淤 疼痛，常與當 歸 ﹐ 紅 花 ﹐ 延胡索 等配合應用； 用於跌撲損傷，可與骨 碎 補 ﹐ 延胡索 等同用。
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕	not to use during pregnancy or diarrhea due to pixu (spleen deficient) . Use caution in cases of qixu (qi deficient)   and xue xu (blood deficient) . 懷孕期間或脾虛 腹瀉禁忌用。 氣虛 血虛 者慎用。