All of us may be relatively rusty for mugwort water, but mugwort water has many potential functions are often overlooked by us. Can understand and pay attention to these functions of our daily life has hundreds of benefits and no harm, the following let us go together to learn more about the function of mugwort water wash face!

The efficacy and role of mugwort face wash

With mugwort whole plant immersed into the hot water to wash the face is possible, for dermatitis, eczema has a certain effect. Side effects of long-term use of mugwort: If the volatile oil (flavor component) is used too much, there will be inhibition of the nerves.

Mugwort, also known as home Ai, Bingtai, medical grass, Artemisia absinthium, belongs to the family of Asteraceae, is a perennial herb. In our hometown, there is mugwort growing everywhere among the fields and in the farmyard. The Compendium of Materia Medica records that mugwort? is used for moxibustion of all diseases and can also be decocted. In fact, mugwort has been used to cure diseases for more than 2000 years. Mencius once said: "If you are sick for seven years, you should seek moxa for three years. Seven years of disease, seek three years of wormwood? , see the medicinal value of mugwort. China's first surviving book, the Warring States period of the "fifty-two disease formula" on the efficacy and use of mugwort, and later in successive generations of materia medica are recorded. Such as "Huangdi Neijing", "Typhoid Fever", "Jin Gui Yao Liao", "Ling Shu Jing" and other ancient books are used in the prescription of moxa.

Mugwort stems and leaves contain volatile aromatic oils, strong flavor, flies, insects and ants, the role of purifying the air, but also contains tannins, flavonoids, alcohols, polysaccharides, trace elements and other organic components. In pharmacological research found that mugwort has antibacterial, antiviral, asthma, cough, expectorant, antiallergic, hemostatic and anticoagulant, enhance immune function and so on. In terms of clinical application, mugwort is widely used in the treatment of gynecological diseases such as leakage and dysmenorrhea, and in the treatment of respiratory diseases such as bronchitis, tuberculosis and colds. In many rural areas of North China, it is rumored that ? Three years at home with mugwort, the doctor did not use? the proverb. A few years ago when the SARS epidemic, the price of vinegar and disinfectant overnight skyrocketed, many people use the smoke of burning mugwort to disinfect the yard and indoor air.

Wormwood has the ability to warm the meridians and blood, dispel dampness and cold, and eliminate swelling and knots, which is useful for body aches and pains due to cold, and dermatitis and eczema due to allergies. With the whole plant soaked in hot water, can be used to wash the face, for suffering from dermatitis, eczema face can play a certain role in the treatment. However, if you use mugwort boiled water to wash your face for a long time, some side effects may occur, and there is a certain inhibitory effect on the nerves, so mugwort boiled water can not be used to wash your face for a long time. In addition, if you have a fever or high blood pressure patients, it is best not to use mugwort.

Mugwort can get rid of cold, dehumidification, through the meridians The method of using 8-10 moxa leaves made of clear moxa sticks tied into a row smoked back, abdomen, calves, arms, can quickly get rid of cold and dampness. Foot soaking with moxa leaves can effectively get rid of false fire, cold fire, can treat mouth ulcers, sore throat, periodontitis and some other diseases.

At the same time, because modern people are generally heavy cold and damp, so the mugwort leaves become an indispensable helper in the treatment of disease. Mugwort leaves can dispel cold, dehumidification, through the meridians Can quickly get rid of cold and dampness. Wash your face with moxa leaf water can effectively get rid of deficiency fire, cold fire, can treat mouth ulcers, sore throat, periodontitis, gingivitis, otitis media and other head and face recurring episodes of these diseases related to deficiency fire, cold fire, as long as it is the occurrence of the above diseases, you take a small handful of moxa leaves boiled water and soak your feet or take one quarter of a stick of pure moxa made of pure moxa leaves, and at the same time, you need to drink plenty of lukewarm water, do not eat cold food and pay attention to rest, these The discomfort in the head, face and throat caused by deficiency fire and cold fire will get better or disappear. Some people wash their face with mugwort leaf water every day, so that it is over again. Because washing the face with mugwort water can lead the virtual fire, cold fire downward, it will cause the head and face of the two deficiencies of qi and blood, blood supply is insufficient, instead of causing dizziness, headache, but also cause emotional changes and so on.