The function of mugwort is to dispel cold and relieve pain, soothe the tendons and activate blood.

The efficacy of mugwort is to treat to cold pain in the lesser abdomen, menstrual cold disorders, uterine cold infertility, vomiting blood, epistaxis, menstrual leakage and menstruation, pregnancy blood; Chinese medicine external treatment of itching of the skin, molting. Vinegar moxa charcoal soothes tendons and activates blood circulation. Used for bleeding due to Yin deficiency and internal heat. Also able to dry and pounded as velvet, made into moxa rolls, moxa pillars, do moxibustion therapy use.

Mugwort has a close relationship with Chinese life. Traditional medicinal theories believe that moxa has the effect of regulating qi and blood, expelling cold and dampness, warming menstruation, stopping bleeding, and tranquilizing the fetus. Mugwort has antibacterial and antiviral effects; asthmatic, antitussive and expectorant effects; hemostatic and anticoagulant effects; sedative and antiallergic effects; hepatoprotective and choleretic effects.

Expanded Information:

Mugwort is introduced as follows:

Mugwort is bitter, dry, pungent and dispersive, and can regulate qi and blood, warm the meridians, expel cold and dampness, and stop cold and pain, as a gynecological medicine. It can be used to treat cold pain in the abdomen and stomach, cold menstrual disorders, cold uterine infertility and other evidence. Stir-fried charcoal stops bleeding, and can be used to treat cold menorrhagia, disintegration and leaking, and fetal leakage in pregnancy. The product is pounded and made into moxa sticks and moxa pillars, and external moxibustion can disperse cold, relieve pain and warm the qi and blood. Decoction of external wash can cure wet sores and scabies, dispel dampness and relieve itching.

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