1, the efficacy of wormwood
Bitter dryness and pungent powder can regulate qi and blood, warm channels and dispel cold, eliminate dampness and stop cold and relieve pain, and is an important gynecological medicine. It can be used for the treatment of epigastric pain, irregular menstruation and infertility due to cold uterus, such as Aifu Nuangong Pill. Stir-frying charcoal to stop bleeding can be used to treat menorrhagia, metrorrhagia and leukorrhagia due to deficiency-cold, and missed pregnancy, such as Jiao Tang Ai. This product is mashed and made into moxa sticks and moxa sticks. External moxibustion dispels cold and relieves pain, and warms qi and blood. External washing with decoction can cure wet sores and scabies, eliminate dampness and relieve itching.
Folium Artemisiae Argyi has been preventing plague for thousands of years, and Chinese herbal medicines can also be obtained locally. Pharmacological research of modern medicine shows that Folium Artemisiae Argyi is a broad-spectrum antibacterial and antiviral drug, which can inhibit and kill many viruses and bacteria, and has certain preventive and therapeutic effects on respiratory diseases. Fumigation of mugwort leaves is a simple and feasible epidemic prevention method.
Function:
Folium Artemisiae Argyi has antibacterial and antiviral effects; Antiasthmatic, antitussive and expectorant effects; Hemostatic and anticoagulant effects; Sedative and antiallergic effects; Protect liver and 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.
Medicinal properties: wormwood is closely related to the life of our people. Every Dragon Boat Festival, people always put wormwood at home to ward off evil spirits, and the withered plants are soaked in water to disinfect and relieve itching. Mothers often bathe or fumigate with wormwood water. Traditional medical theory holds that Folium Artemisiae Argyi has the functions of qi and blood, expelling cold and removing dampness, warming channels, stopping bleeding and preventing miscarriage. Modern experimental studies have proved that Artemisia argyi leaves have antibacterial and antiviral effects; Antiasthmatic, antitussive and expectorant effects; Hemostatic and anticoagulant effects; Sedative and antiallergic effects; Protect liver and 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.
2. Medicinal value of wormwood
1. Treat various inflammations
Chronic bronchitis: Folium Artemisiae Argyi oil capsules can be used, 2 capsules each time, 3 times a day, and 1 day is1course of treatment, which can be taken continuously for 2-4 courses of treatment, and has a good effect on cough and asthma of chronic bronchitis. You can also use fresh Folium Artemisiae Argyi 1000g, clean and chop, soak in 4000ml water for 4-6 hours, decoct, filter and concentrate to about 3000ml. Take 40 ml each time, three times a day, which can effectively relieve the symptoms of chronic bronchitis, such as expectoration, asthma, cold limbs and pale tongue.
2. Treat irregular menstruation
Prolonged menstrual period: Atractylodis Rhizoma, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Poria, Semen Ziziphi Spinosae, Arillus Longan, cuttlefish bone each10g, Cortex et Radix Polygalae, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Radix Aucklandiae, charcoal of Folium Artemisiae Argyi and charcoal of palm each 6g, Radix Astragali15g, ginseng 3g, ginger 3g, and jujube 4g, decocted with water. It has a good effect on prolonging menstrual period caused by qi deficiency.
Infertility: A dietotherapy medicated diet made of medicine such as Folium Artemisiae Argyi has a good effect on infertility caused by deficiency of spleen and kidney yang. Usage: Take 2 quails, remove hair and viscera, donkey-hide gelatin 65438±05g, dodder antler glue 65438 00g, ginseng 65438 00g, Ligusticum Chuanxiong 65438 00g and Artemisia argyi 30g. First, decoct Semen Cuscutae, Folium Artemisiae Argyi, Rhizoma Chuanxiong and Radix Ginseng in water to get 250 ml of juice, then put quail and medicinal juice into a steaming bowl, stew them thoroughly in water, and add donkey-hide gelatin and colla cornus Cervi to eat meat and drink soup while it is hot.
3. Acupuncture
Facial paralysis: Rub the dried Folium Artemisiae Argyi into a pile as big as peanuts, take 8 pieces of ginger with 20 cents, punch a few holes in the center of ginger with a needle, put on moxa sticks, first moxibustion at Shimonoseki, and then move repeatedly from Shimonoseki to the cheek and cheek hole X, and the ginger pieces can't leave the skin when moving. Three times of strong ginger moxibustion is appropriate for each tablet. Moxibustion skin is warm and red, so patients should be patient. Moxibustion 1 time every day, 7 days for 1 course of treatment (mouth crooked to the left, moxibustion to the right; Conversely, moxibustion on the left).
Weight loss: operation method: light one end of the moxa stick, close to Guanyuan and Fenglong respectively, and smoke for about x 10 minutes until it turns red locally. 1 time per day, 1 time is1course of treatment. Generally, 3 to 5 courses of treatment can play an effective role in losing weight.
4. Others
Folium Artemisiae Argyi bath: Take 30-50g fresh Folium Artemisiae Argyi, soak it in boiling water for 5- 10 minute, take out Folium Artemisiae Argyi, and adjust it to the appropriate water temperature before bathing. Folium Artemisiae Argyi has the effects of invigorating qi and blood, dispelling cold and removing dampness, stopping bleeding, sleeping peacefully and warming menstruation. It has a certain course of treatment for folliculitis and eczema.
Although Folium Artemisiae Argyi is widely used, we should pay attention to its side effects and irritation to digestive tract and skin. Taking it in large quantities can cause poisoning, leading to a series of poisoning symptoms of digestive system and nervous system.
Step 3 buy wormwood
1. Authentic wormwood is tall, with thick stems and thick leaves;
2. Wild wormwood is short, and there is a phenomenon of sitting on the floor. Only those who get together will have a few taller ones;
3. Authentic mugwort leaves are not only thick, but also the white velvet on the back of the page is slightly thick and fluffy;
4. Wild wormwood leaves are thin, and there is basically no white velvet on the back of the page, only a thin layer of green velvet;
5. On the whole, genuine wormwood looks whiter than wild wormwood;
6. Wild wormwood is mainly cyan;
7. The most important point is that the leaves of genuine wormwood will all be closed at night, so it is pure yang, a bit like peanut leaves or mimosa;
8. Wild wormwood does not have this characteristic.