The green ball is soft and fragrant, with the breath of spring from color to taste. So, where does the "green" with the breath of spring come from?
Artemisia argyi is regarded as one of the main raw materials for making green balls because of its unique fragrance and medicinal value.
During the Qingming Festival, green wormwood is everywhere on the village path and beside the mound at the foot of the mountain. Before Qingming, wormwood was tender and fresher, and it was more fragrant as a raw material of youth league.
Artemisia argyi is a perennial herb or semi-shrub of Artemisia in Compositae. It is under Compositae, but it doesn't bloom like chrysanthemum, and its color is gorgeous. It only has the special fragrance of stems and leaves. There are also many aliases for wormwood, such as, Bingtai,,, wormwood leaf,, wormwood leaf, wormwood leaf, Peng Qiu, and wormwood leaf. Moxibustion grass? Medical grass? Yellow grass? Ai Rong, wait.
Wormwood, also known as azure and white leaves in my hometown, has thick green leaves, the upper part of which is dark green, and white fluff covered with silk lies on the back of the green leaves, making the original green leaves look softer and kinder.
In spring, when everything is growing vigorously, wormwood is really not very eye-catching Do you think you will be buried in the long green grass like this? Wrong, wormwood is not only an ordinary grass, nor an ordinary food, but also a medicine.
The medicinal use of wormwood has a history of at least 3000 years in China. In ancient times, wormwood was a sacred object to attract "skyfire" and spread kindling. It is a divine grass given by God to supplement the deficiency of yang. According to legend, this fire was a lighted Artemisia rope (a rope made of wormwood leaves) quietly brought by Quiber, the god of fire, when he was exiled from the world. So wormwood is also called ancient fairy grass.
The Compendium of Materia Medica describes wormwood in this way: "This grass can be ill for a long time, but it is good, so it is named after the word." It is pointed out here that wormwood is a plant that can eliminate stubborn diseases.
Special smell, can avoid mosquitoes
Wormwood is used to make green balls in tender period, and the grown wormwood is also very useful in Dragon Boat Festival. Old people in ordinary farmhouses put long wormwood in front of their doors to repel mosquitoes and ward off evil spirits. In May, the temperature was hot and humid, and all kinds of mosquitoes began to wreak havoc. As far as I can remember, there are always a bunch of flying insects in front of the door at night. Hanging on or leaning against the door of wormwood can drive away some boring bugs well.
In some families, ingenious grandparents will twist wormwood into a twisted rope and tie it to the beam to make mosquito-repellent incense in summer; Or make it into a "little lover", "little tiger" or "small sachet" and tie it around the heads and necks of grandchildren to keep children away from mosquito bites.
High medicinal value and wide use.
Compendium of Materia Medica records that Folium Artemisiae Argyi used as medicine is warm in nature, bitter in taste, non-toxic, pure in yang, and has the functions of restoring yang, regulating qi and blood, eliminating dampness and dispelling cold, stopping bleeding and preventing miscarriage, so it is also called "herb".
According to medical records, "Folium Artemisiae Argyi is bitter in taste, warm in nature, warming uterus, dispelling cold and removing dampness, regulating menstruation, regulating blood gas, preventing miscarriage and relieving pain."
As a medicine, the whole herb has the functions of warming channels, eliminating dampness, dispelling cold, stopping bleeding, diminishing inflammation, relieving asthma, relieving cough, preventing miscarriage and resisting allergy.
It can be seen from the medical records of past dynasties that wormwood is the "important medicine to stop bleeding" and one of the commonly used gynecological drugs, especially for gynecological diseases of deficiency-cold type. In many places, women have the habit of taking a bath with wormwood boiling water after childbirth. This wormwood soup bath can dispel cold and dampness. In some places, wormwood is made into medicinal pillows and vests to prevent and treat chronic bronchitis or asthma and stomach pain due to deficiency of cold in the elderly.
Modern medicine considers it as an aromatic medicine, which contains irritating soft resin, volatile essential oil, tannic acid, inulin, potassium chloride, vitamin B and vitamin C, etc.
Artemisia argyi can moxibustion all diseases.
Compendium of Materia Medica says: Artemisia argyi can moxibustion all diseases. Moxibustion is one of the oldest and mysterious medical skills of the Chinese nation. According to research, moxibustion therapy existed as early as the Western Zhou Dynasty. It belongs to the external treatment method of traditional Chinese medicine, which stimulates acupuncture points or specific parts on the body surface by burning moxibustion materials made of mugwort leaves, and regulates the physiological and biochemical functions of human disorders by stimulating menstrual activities, thus achieving the purpose of preventing and treating diseases.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the circulation of qi and blood and the physiological activities of viscera and meridians are based on yang, which is the driving force of life, while wormwood is a natural pure yang plant. Moxibustion is the most direct and effective method to tonify yang, so moxibustion has the functions of dredging meridians, promoting qi and blood circulation, eliminating dampness and dispelling cold, reducing swelling and resolving hard mass, restoring yang to rescue adverse events, preventing diseases and protecting health.
Moxibustion with moxa sticks is best for more than three years, and mugwort is the best.
Can wormwood be potted at home?
Sure!
Although wormwood has always been a wild herb, it can also be planted in flowerpots. However, the growth rate of wormwood is very fast, and the highest growth rate can be more than 2 meters. The root system is developed, so it is best to prepare a deeper pot. Or choose small pots in the early stage and move pots in the later stage.
Artemisia argyi is very common in China, and there are many in the wild. If it needs to be planted, it can be cultivated asexually through rhizomes or seeds. Generally, seeds are sown in March, and rhizomes are cultivated in June 5438+065438+ 10.
General conservation is the same as general flower conservation. As for the light, although wormwood is not afraid of the sun in the wild, attention should be paid to shading the balcony potted plants in summer.
With its tenacious vitality and so many magical effects, it is no wonder that our ancestors used wormwood to join the league. Of course, the customs of water and soil in some areas are the same, and green balls are made from raw materials such as rat grass, ramie leaves and wheat seedlings.