Mugwort and mugwort leaves can be considered the same thing, because mugwort leaves are the leaves on the mugwort, if there is a difference, there is a little difference.

1, mugwort whole grass can be used as medicine, have warm menstruation, dehumidification, dispersal of cold, stop bleeding, anti-inflammatory, asthma, cough, anabolism, anti-allergy and other effects. Mugwort leaves in the sun dried and crushed to get "moxa velvet", the production of moxa sticks for moxibustion, and can be used as raw materials for the "Indian mud".

2, mugwort usually refers to the whole mugwort plant, and mugwort leaves refers to the leaves above the mugwort.

3, Mugwort is bitter, pungent, warm, and enters the spleen, liver and kidney. We into the medicine usually take mugwort leaves into the medicine. The Compendium of Materia Medica" records: Ai to leaf medicine, warm, bitter taste, non-toxic, pure Yang nature, through the twelve meridians, with Yang, qi and blood, the dampness of the cold, stopping bleeding and fetal efficacy, but also commonly used in acupuncture.

Mugwort does have certain health effects. Mugwort leaves can be used externally to treat itchy skin. Boiled water bath can prevent and control puerperium mother and child infection disease. Artemisia has a special fragrance flavor, made of fragrant pillows, and sleep to help you sleep to relieve the effects of fatigue. Artemisia leaves boiled juice, and then dilute the water bath, can remove the body long small red bumps. In addition can also repel mosquitoes and flies, sterilization, prevention of disease. Artemisia absinthium is also used for acupuncture "moxibustion", "moxibustion" is to take the mugwort after ignition to smoke, hot points.

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Mugwort is also a great food, and among the traditional foods of southern China, there is a type of mochi that uses mugwort as the main ingredient (see mochi). That is, it is made with fresh mugwort around the time of the Qingming Festival and glutinous rice flour at a ratio of one to two and together, wrapped with peanuts, sesame seeds and sugar and other fillings (in some areas, mung bean paste will be added), and then steamed to be cooked. In the Dongjiang Valley of Guangdong Province, locals pick fresh mugwort leaves and buds in winter and spring to eat as a vegetable.

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