When mugwort is young and tender, it can be eaten as a vegetable. When it is lush, it is from March to May. If you are older, many people usually collect some mugwort before the Dragon Boat Festival, dry it, store it, and use it when needed. As long as you keep the mugwort well, it won't go bad for a long time.

Mugwort in the south is mostly used as food, while mugwort in the north is famous for its traditional Chinese medicine. Mugwort is bitter, pungent, and warm in nature and enters the spleen, liver, and kidney meridians. The main function is to expel cold and dampness, stop bleeding and warm menstruation. It is more suitable for abdominal pain. It has good medicinal effects on women's cold, irregular menstruation, abdominal pain and metrorrhagia. It is also a good gynecological medicine.

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Benefits of eating mugwort:

1. Treatment of gynecological diseases: mugwort can treat bleeding caused by physical deficiency and coldness, and is a good It is used to treat gynecological diseases such as irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea and metrorrhagia.

2. Antibacterial and antiviral: Mugwort can inhibit and kill many kinds of viruses and bacteria, and can effectively prevent and treat respiratory diseases. It has obvious antibacterial and antiviral effects.

3. Antipruritic: Using mugwort decoction to wash the affected area can effectively treat scabies and relieve itching.

4. Antiasthma: Liquid made from mugwort can effectively relax the bronchus and relieve asthma. It is very suitable for people with coughs

5. Hemostasis: mugwort infusion can promote It coagulates blood and has a good hemostatic effect and can be used as a commonly used hemostatic drug.

6. Choleretic: The mugwort leaf oil in mugwort can increase bile flow and has obvious choleretic effects.

7. Lose weight: Make rolls of mugwort leaves and light them with fire close to the Guanyuan and Fenglong points of the human body. Long-term persistence can effectively lose weight.

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