The leaves and stems of wormwood have the same effect. As a medicine, the whole herb has the functions of warming channels, removing dampness, dispelling cold, stopping bleeding, diminishing inflammation, relieving asthma, relieving cough, preventing miscarriage and resisting allergy. Artemisia argyi leaves are dried and mashed to make "moxa wool", which can be made into moxa sticks for moxibustion and can also be used as raw materials for "inkpad".

The role of wormwood:

1, treatment of gynecological diseases: wormwood can treat bleeding caused by a weak cold, and can well treat gynecological diseases such as irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea and metrorrhagia.

2, antibacterial and antiviral: wormwood can inhibit and kill a variety of viruses and bacteria, can effectively prevent and treat respiratory diseases, antibacterial and antiviral effects are obvious.

3, itching: washing the affected area with wormwood decoction can effectively cure scabies and relieve itching.

4. Asthma relieving: The liquid made of wormwood can effectively relax bronchi and relieve asthma, which is very suitable for people with cough.

5, hemostasis: wormwood extract can promote blood coagulation, has a good hemostatic effect, can be used as a common hemostatic.

6, cholagogic: the oil of wormwood leaves can increase bile flow, which has obvious cholagogic effect.

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Other functions:

1, indoor fumigation: fumigation with moxa sticks for 30 minutes can play a role in indoor disinfection and sterilization, expelling pests and purifying the air, and also has a preventive effect on respiratory infectious diseases, and is aromatic, non-toxic and harmless. It has a certain preventive effect on infectious diseases such as chicken pox, mumps and scarlet fever. It should be reminded that patients with respiratory diseases such as asthma should use mugwort with caution. It is not that mugwort is harmful to this kind of diseases, but that many patients are allergic to all kinds of smoking and aggravate their symptoms.

2. Bathing with Folium Artemisiae Argyi: Wash 30g of Folium Artemisiae Argyi, put it in a cloth bag, put it in a pot and boil it with high fire, then take it out with low fire 15 minutes, mix the liquid medicine into the bath water, adjust the temperature, and soak the body in the liquid medicine for 5 ~ 10 minutes. It can prevent boils, sores and miliaria in spring and summer, treat eczema and quickly relieve skin itching.

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