1. Authentic wormwood is tall, with thick stems and thick leaves;

2. Wild wormwood is short, and there is a phenomenon of sitting on the floor. Only those who get together will have a few taller ones;

3. Authentic mugwort leaves are not only thick, but also the white velvet on the back of the page is slightly thick and fluffy;

4. Wild wormwood leaves are thin, and there is basically no white velvet on the back of the page, only a thin layer of green velvet;

5. On the whole, wormwood looks whiter than wild wormwood;

6. Wild wormwood is mainly cyan;

7. Authentic mugwort leaves are harvested at night, so they are pure yang, a bit like peanut leaves or mimosa.

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Artemisia argyi has a special fragrance, which can be used as a pillow to help sleep and relieve fatigue. Boil the wormwood leaves, then dilute them with water, take a bath and remove the long red pimples. In addition, it can repel mosquitoes, flies, sterilize and prevent diseases. Artemisia argyi is also used in the "moxibustion" of acupuncture. "Moxibustion" is to light the wormwood leaves and then smoke and burn the acupoints.

Soaking feet with mugwort leaves is good for health. Because it has the function of treating diseases, especially after being collected by dew in May, the drug effect is the best. Artemisia argyi is also an edible plant. Mugwort can be used as a recipe for mugwort tea, mugwort soup, mugwort porridge, mugwort steamed bread, mugwort cake and mugwort balls. , thus enhancing the body's resistance to diseases. ?

Hanging wormwood: A folk proverb says, "Insert willow in Qingming Festival and wormwood in Dragon Boat Festival." On the occasion of Dragon Boat Festival, people regard wormwood and calamus as one of the important contents. Every family sweeps the court, puts calamus and moxa sticks between their eyebrows and hangs them in the hall to prevent mosquitoes.

Acorus calamus, Folium Artemisiae Argyi, Liu Hua, Garlic and Dragon Boat Flower are made into human or tiger shapes, which are called Ai Ren and Ai Hu. It is made into garlands and decorations, beautiful and fragrant, and women compete to wear it to ward off evil spirits. The plants with withered stems are soaked in water for fumigation to achieve the effect of disinfection and itching relief, and parturients often bathe or fumigate with wormwood water.

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