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What is the use of mugwort?
Compendium of Materia Medica records that Folium Artemisiae Argyi is warm, bitter, non-toxic, pure yang, dredging twelve meridians, restoring yang, regulating qi and blood, expelling dampness and cold, stopping bleeding and preventing miscarriage, etc. It is also commonly used in acupuncture. Therefore, it is also called "herbal medicine", and the "herbal bath" that is popular in Taiwan Province mostly uses wormwood.

Usage of wormwood:

1. Wormwood has the effects of regulating menstruation and stopping bleeding, preventing miscarriage and stopping collapse, dispelling cold and removing dampness. Treat irregular menstruation, menstrual pain, abdominal pain, abortion and uterine bleeding, and radically treat rheumatic arthritis, head wind and intra-monthly wind. Because it can cut ice and make it round, and it can cure all diseases, it is the most commonly used medicine for doctors.

2. Modern experimental studies have proved that Folium Artemisiae Argyi has antibacterial and antiviral effects; Antiasthmatic, antitussive and expectorant effects; Hemostatic and anticoagulant effects; Sedative and antiallergic effects; Protecting liver and benefiting gallbladder, etc. Wormwood can be used as recipes such as "wormwood tea", "wormwood soup" and "wormwood porridge" to enhance the body's resistance to diseases.

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3. wormwood is also a good food. Among the traditional foods in southern China, there is a kind of Ciba made of wormwood as the main raw material. That is, the fresh and tender wormwood and glutinous rice flour before and after Qingming are mixed together in a ratio of one to two, wrapped with stuffing such as peanuts, sesame seeds and sugar (mung bean paste will be added in some areas), and then steamed. In Dongjiang Valley of Guangdong Province, local people pick fresh leaves and buds of wormwood in winter and spring for vegetable consumption.