External health care
Wormwood is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine, which is fragrant and rich in plant essential oil. The effective components in wormwood can play the role of sterilization and disinfection. During the Dragon Boat Festival, many people use wormwood to boil water for bathing or fumigation, and some people use it to soak their feet, which can also have the same effect. Usually, wormwood can also be used for health care.
Oral health maintenance
Wormwood is a medicinal and edible plant. In traditional Chinese medicine, wormwood is blindly used as a medicinal material. Eating wormwood can drive away the cold. If you catch a cold during the Dragon Boat Festival, you can drink some wormwood water to dispel the cold in your body. In addition, the warming and hemostasis effect of wormwood is very beneficial to the physical conditioning of girls.
Mosquito repellent in summer
The volatile aromatic oil rich in wormwood can effectively repel mosquitoes. Light wormwood in the evening of Dragon Boat Festival. The smoke emitted by wormwood can repel mosquitoes.
1, or you can soak wormwood and calamus in water to mop the floor, which can purify the taste and repel mosquitoes;
2. Apply the boiling water of wormwood to your body to stop itching and repel mosquitoes;
3. Hanging a dry wormwood strip in the room can play a good role in repelling mosquitoes, moths and insects.
Holiday response
Hanging wormwood and calamus on Dragon Boat Festival is a common custom of all ethnic groups in China.
Artemisia argyi, also known as Folium Artemisiae Argyi and Artemisia argyi, contains volatile aromatic oil in its stems and leaves. The unique fragrance produced by wormwood can drive away 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 wormwood into "moxa wool" is an important medicinal material for moxibustion treatment. It can be seen that ancient people inserted moxa to prevent diseases.
The temperature is high during the Dragon Boat Festival, which is a "health festival" handed down from ancient times. Since ancient times, people will sweep the courtyard, hang mugwort branches and sprinkle realgar wine on the Dragon Boat Festival. These activities also reflect the fine traditions of the Chinese nation, and wormwood on the Dragon Boat Festival also has festive significance.
Symbolize health
Wormwood has a profound meaning in traditional Chinese medicine, representing a hundred blessings. This is a kind of herbal medicine that can cure diseases. Inserting it at the door can make you healthy. In ancient China, wormwood was an important medicinal plant. Moxibustion method in acupuncture was to use wormwood as the main component and burn it at acupoints to treat diseases.
The legend that wormwood can exorcise evil spirits has been circulating for a long time, mainly because it has the function of medicine. For example, Zonggu's Chronicle of Jingchu records that "when chickens are not crowing, those who pick wormwood look like people, take it and collect it with moxibustion, which is very effective." On this day, Ai Cai became a human figure, hung on the door, and could cast poison gas. "
Using some wormwood at home during the Dragon Boat Festival also has health, evil spirits, good luck and other meanings in it.
When will wormwood be hung on Dragon Boat Festival?
You can pick it up in the evening or the night before the Dragon Boat Festival, or on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, if you don't have time.
Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival in China. There has been a tradition of picking mugwort leaves and hanging calamus on the door since ancient times. In order to avoid being too busy on the Dragon Boat Festival, it is best to pick it the day before. If you don't have time, you can pick it on the Dragon Boat Festival. The ancients often picked mugwort leaves on the morning of Dragon Boat Festival. Zonggu's Biography of Jingchu Years said: "When chickens are not crowing, those who pick mugwort leaves look like people, take them, gather them and moxibustion them. It is the day when Ai Cai became a man and hung on the door, which can poison gas. "