Mugwort leaves grow in clusters in the wild and are easy to harvest, and people have said that mugwort leaves can drive away evil spirits and avoid plagues since ancient times. Even in modern times, people still retain the tradition of hanging mugwort in front of their doors to pray for their family's good health and to stay away from febrile diseases.
Moxa leaves also occupy a very important position in traditional Chinese medicine. Today’s popular moxibustion and moxa fumigation require the use of moxa leaves as a good medicine.
In the eyes of the ancients, mugwort leaves are excellent medicine for warming menstruation and stopping bleeding, dispersing cold and relieving pain. Li Shizhen said in his "Compendium of Materia Medica" that mugwort has three effects: warming, dispelling cold, and dehumidifying.
The traditional Chinese medicine classic "Medicinal Property Theory" also said that mugwort leaves are best for "stopping bleeding and relieving abdominal cold and pain"; in addition, the "Compendium of Materia Medica" also mentions that mugwort leaves can kill insects. It has the function of treating ringworm. It can remove eczema and relieve itching and pain.
Through thousands of years of continuous summary by the ancients, the efficacy and application of mugwort have been gradually improved. Today, people have developed from mugwort to the well-known moxibustion. It can be said that the application of mugwort leaves Played to the fullest.
In the eyes of the ancients, mugwort is a commonly used herbal medicine for women. Because mugwort leaves are pungent in taste and can dispel cold in the body, and are warm in nature and can warm qi and blood stagnation, they are more effective in treating various diseases in women. Good relief.
It is recorded in "Ben Cao Zheng" that mugwort leaves have the function of opening up the twelve meridians of the human body, and can promote the qi in the blood and stagnate the qi. It has a good effect on the symptoms of unbearable menstrual pain and cold and painful epigastric pain caused by blood stasis and qi stagnation. At the same time, moxa leaves also have a certain effect of warming menstruation and stopping bleeding, and can also have a good effect on improving some common problems in women such as heavy menstrual bleeding and irregular menstruation.
The "Compendium of Materia Medica" also specifically mentions that moxa leaf is particularly good at relieving cold pain in the lower abdomen and lower abdomen, and has a profound effect on various gynecological diseases. It can be seen that moxa leaf does have certain uniqueness in treating some common diseases in women.
After thousands of years of application of mugwort leaves, the technology in moxibustion has become quite mature. I believe that many people have also felt the charm of moxibustion in their lives.
Moxibustion is a combination of traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture. Moxa sticks or moxa sticks are made from moxa leaves and smoked and roasted at designated acupoints on the human body. This can effectively introduce the warm and pungent properties of mugwort leaves into the meridians, and the warm air passes through the skin acupoints into the internal fluid, thereby warming and dredging the meridians, regulating the meridians, and promoting blood circulation and regulating qi.
Moxibustion has a wide range of effects and can be used by both men and women. Especially for some people with weak and cold constitutions, blocked meridians, and stagnant Qi and blood, when it is difficult to relieve the symptoms with drugs, moxibustion can often have good results.
In daily life, we can also use moxa fumigation to disinfect. The ingredients in moxa leaves have very good antibacterial effects. Smoking and roasting them indoors can not only make people calm and peaceful God, it can also effectively inhibit the spread of germs in the air. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.