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Can wormwood toothpaste be used by pregnant women?
Wormwood is one of the closest herbs in our daily life. On the occasion of Dragon Boat Festival, people always put Ai at home to ward off evil spirits. Sun-dried wormwood plants can be smoked with water bubbles, which can 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.

Wormwood is bitter, pungent and warm, and enters the spleen, liver and kidney. According to Compendium of Materia Medica, Folium Artemisiae Argyi is used as medicine, which is warm in nature, bitter in taste, non-toxic, pure in yang, and can activate the twelve meridians, restore yang, regulate qi and blood, dispel dampness and dispel cold, stop bleeding and prevent miscarriage. It is also commonly used in acupuncture and moxibustion.

Modern experimental studies have proved that Folium Artemisiae Argyi has antibacterial, antiviral, antiasthmatic, antitussive, expectorant, hemostatic, anticoagulant, sedative, antiallergic, hepatoprotective and cholagogic effects.

Professionals say that the current warm moxibustion therapy depends on the composition of the moxa stick used. Judging from the efficacy of wormwood, it has a certain health care effect on human body. Therefore, it is not a problem for pregnant women to use wormwood.

If you have any concerns, you can see a doctor for prenatal examination. It is not easy to answer the question, please accept it.