Mugwort perennial herb, rubbing the aroma; leaves pinnately divided, the back of the white silk fluffy hairs; on the expulsion of dampness and disinfection, stopping bleeding to drive away the cold, calm and tranquilize the mind have a good effect, in addition to Ai leaves can also drive away mosquitoes.

I, the efficacy and role of moxa:

1, dispel dampness disinfection: moxa itself contains special substances with bactericidal effect, although moxa has a dampness disinfection effect, but the treatment of eczema effect is general, not too obvious, with moxa on the treatment of eczema is just a surface.

2, stop bleeding and drive away the cold: mugwort is a warm food, consume mugwort can play the effect of driving away the cold. In addition, moxa has a great benefit on the effect of warming menstruation and stopping bleeding in girls.

3, sedation and tranquility: we often use mugwort to soak the feet can play the effect of blood, but also can play the role of tranquility, and can improve the quality of sleep Oh.

4, repel mosquitoes: mugwort itself with a special flavor, can make the mosquitoes are very afraid of, summer in the skin to smear a little mugwort water can play to repel the effect of mosquitoes.

Two, moxa taboos.

1, with mugwort leaves foot soak if you need to pay attention to the frequency, 2 to 3 times a week can be;

2, Yin deficiency blood heaters crowd need to be cautious;

3, blood dryness and heat, yin deficiency fire, and hosting blood loss disease is prohibited;

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Expanded information:

Mugwort has a close relationship with the Chinese people's lives. The occasion, people always will be placed in the home to "avoid evil spirits", culm withered after the body of the plant soak fumigation in order to achieve disinfection and relieve itching, maternity more than a bath or fumigation with ai water.

Traditional medicinal theories believe that moxa has a rationalization of qi and blood, the cold and dampness, warm menstruation, stop bleeding, and fetal role. Modern experimental research has proved that mugwort has antibacterial and antiviral effects; asthma, cough and expectorant effects; hemostatic and anticoagulant effects; sedative and antiallergic effects; hepatoprotective and choleretic effects.

Ai Ye is one of the few medicines mentioned in the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine. There are two prescriptions using moxa in the accompanying formulas of the Chinese medical masterpieces "The Treatise on Typhoid Fever" and "The Essentials of the Golden Chamber": gelatinized moxa soup and cypress leaf soup.

The former for the treatment of cold menstrual disorders or cellular obstruction and leakage, the uterus cold infertility, taking the role of warming the uterus and stopping bleeding; after the main treatment of bleeding, these two are still commonly used in Chinese medicine clinics. Moxa for moxibustion medical history is also very early. In the "fifty-two disease formula", "Ling Shu Jing" have about moxibustion records.

According to experts, in recent years, the study of moxa is more in-depth, in terms of chemical composition, found that in addition to the main component of volatile oil, moxa also contains tannins, flavonoids, alcohols, polysaccharides, trace elements and other organic components.

In pharmacological research found that mugwort has antibacterial, antiviral, asthma, cough, expectorant, antiallergic, hemostatic and anticoagulant, enhance immune function and so on. In terms of clinical application, mugwort leaves are widely used in the treatment of gynecological diseases such as leakage and dysmenorrhea, and in the treatment of respiratory diseases such as bronchitis, tuberculosis and colds.

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