Isn’t mugwort magical? Everyone who has been in the countryside knows and has seen mugwort. There are even more people who have personally pulled mugwort on the fifth day of May. But mugwort has a wide range of uses and is very practical. Mugwort leaf is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine. Mugwort leaf is pungent, bitter, and warm. It returns to the liver, spleen, and kidney meridians. It has the functions of dispelling cold and relieving pain, warming the meridians and stopping bleeding, removing dampness and relieving itching, and warming the meridians and unblocking collaterals.

The most common methods of using mugwort

Footnotes

Fry the mugwort leaves into water and use them to soak your feet. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that coughs caused by wind-cold are caused by wind-cold. If it affects the lungs, mugwort leaves can warm the body and relieve cold. The volatile oil contained in it can also relieve cough, relieve asthma and eliminate phlegm after being absorbed by the body. Therefore, soaking your feet or bathing in decoction of mugwort leaves can also warm and expel cold evil, moisten the lungs and relieve cough. For women who often have cold hands and feet and frequent dysmenorrhea, you can use mugwort boiled water to soak your feet, which can warm the meridians, drive away cold and dampness, activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and promote blood circulation. Pregnant women can use moxa soup to soak their feet to prevent miscarriage.

Repellent against mosquitoes

Mugwort has the effect of repelling mosquitoes. There are many mosquitoes in rural areas in summer. Many people choose to use wormwood, a natural mosquito repellent, to repel mosquitoes. During the incomplete combustion process, wormwood emits a fragrance. This fragrance can effectively drive away mosquitoes and is a natural mosquito repellent. Mosquito coils. Moreover, this smell can promote sleep and improve the quality of human sleep.

Moxibustion

People make moxa leaves from moxa leaves and use them to fumigate acupuncture points. Through heat and its warm nature, it can warm qi and blood and penetrate the meridians. In terms of treatment, mugwort leaf is actually mainly able to treat diseases caused by deficiency and cold. Its effect on bleeding is also the same. People regard it as a "good medicine for women" and is used to stop metrorrhagia, irregular menstruation, uterine cold, infertility, and deficiency and cold. Dysmenorrhea, vaginal discharge, etc. actually do not understand the word "deficiency and cold". Therefore, in terms of disease treatment, in order to achieve the best therapeutic effect, the syndrome differentiation must be correct.

Moxa leaf bath

Newborn babies’ skin lacks natural protective functions and is prone to skin problems such as eczema and dermatitis. Children’s respiratory tracts are also susceptible to environmental pollution and germs. Natural mugwort Plant essence has antibacterial ingredients, which can deeply cleanse skin dirt and kill bacteria. When taking a bath with mugwort leaves, the volatile oil components of mugwort leaves evaporate with water vapor and are distributed in the children's mouth, nose and respiratory tract. It can not only kill bacteria and viruses in them, but also form a micro-membrane barrier to prevent the invasion of bacteria and viruses.

In general, mugwort has many functions. Whether it is used in medicine or in daily life, it has a presence, so many people think this grass is very magical.