The invention relates to a preparation method of an edible Chinese 
mugwort extract. The preparation method comprises the steps of step (1) thoroughly cleaning Chinese 
mugwort stems and leaves free from 
pathogen infestation, soaking the cleaned Chinese 
mugwort stems and leaves in a 
sodium chloride aqueous solution, and performing ultrasonic treatment and 
ozone sterilization and disinfection duringsoaking; step (2) immersing the 
cut-up Chinese mugwort stems and leaves in 
liquid nitrogen, performing scooping up, performing freeze-
drying, putting small broken segments into a fine crushing 
machine, and performing crushing to obtain stem and leaf 
powder; step (3) putting the stem and leaf 
powder into a 
solvent, and performing soaking; step (4) placing the stem and leaf 
powder and the 
solvent inan extraction kettle to obtain a preliminary Chinese 
mugwort extract; and step (5) putting the preliminary Chinese 
mugwort extract in a 
distillation column, performing high-temperature 
distillation,enabling gas generated after 
distillation to flow out of the top of the distillation column, performing 
liquefaction on the gas through a condensing tube to obtain liquid, and enabling the liquid to enter a collecting tube so as to obtain the Chinese 
mugwort extract. According to the preparation method of the Chinese mugwort extract disclosed by the invention, loss of effective components in a Chinese mugwort extraction process can be effectively avoided, quality and yield of Chinese mugwort extracts are increased, and industrialized production is easy to realize.