Soaking the whole body with boiled wormwood can dredge the passage of detoxification and achieve the effect of detoxification. The stems and leaves of Artemisia argyi contain volatile aromatic oil. Its unique fragrance can repel mosquitoes, flies, insects and ants and purify the air. Chinese medicine uses wormwood as medicine, which has the functions of nourishing qi and blood, warming uterus and dispelling cold and dampness. Processing Artemisia argyi leaves into "moxa wool" is an important medicinal material for moxibustion treatment.

It is generally believed that wormwood and Acorus calamus can drive away snakes, insects, bacteria, poison and evil spirits. Some people are used to bathing or fumigating wormwood with boiling water in their rooms during the Dragon Boat Festival. However, people with allergic rhinitis, asthma and other respiratory diseases are not suitable for smoking mugwort leaves indoors, otherwise it may aggravate the condition.

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Chinese people have the custom of hanging mugwort leaves, hanging calamus, sprinkling realgar and bathing mugwort leaves since ancient times, especially in many areas, newborns and parturients should also bathe with mugwort leaves water. These customs have been passed down to modern times. The sterilization and clean air of mugwort leaves have played a very good role in preventing the spread of diseases.

Wormwood bath, bathing with wormwood is a thousand-year custom, which is recorded in medical books. "wormwood bath" has the effects of dispelling cold, dehumidifying, sterilizing, relieving itching, moistening skin, promoting blood circulation and dredging collaterals, so there is also a proverb that "wormwood bath is good for one year". It is difficult to buy fresh wormwood in Hong Kong now.

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