Effect of mugwort leaves soaked in water for drinking
Chinese medicine believes that Artemisia argyi leaves are bitter in taste and warm in nature. After taking them, it has the effects of warming meridians to stop bleeding, dispelling cold and relieving pain. If a woman has menstrual bleeding or irregular menstruation, she can also soak Artemisia argyi leaves in water to effectively promote her health. In addition, women during pregnancy can take it to prevent abortion, in addition to antibacterial and antiviral, and treat various skin itching.
Modern scientific research has found that Artemisia argyi leaves contain a certain amount of volatile oil, as well as a variety of brass, trace elements, organic components and polysaccharides. Therefore, taking some Folium Artemisiae Argyi scientifically in daily life can effectively improve the body's immunity, and at the same time, it can also play the role of eliminating phlegm, relieving cough, stopping bleeding, sterilizing and antiallergic.
Folium Artemisiae Argyi has a very long history of use in China. The famous classic of Chinese medicine "Compendium of Materia Medica" has a detailed record of this Chinese herbal medicine. It is believed that taking Folium Artemisiae Argyi can drive away many diseases, and has the functions of relaxing channels and activating collaterals, restoring yang and rescuing adverse reactions.
Taking some Folium Artemisiae Argyi scientifically in daily life, or soaking Folium Artemisiae Argyi in water, can play a role in regulating qi and blood and strengthening physical fitness. If you have dizziness, headache and eczema, you can also use Artemisia argyi to promote your health.
In addition to medicinal value, Artemisia argyi leaves also have a wide range of uses in daily life. In many parts of our country, whenever the Dragon Boat Festival comes, every household will hang mugwort leaves on their doors and take a bath after soaking mugwort leaves in water, which can well drive away the poisonous gas and bad luck in the body and make the body healthier.
The benefits of drinking mugwort leaf water
1, regulating qi and blood, dispelling cold and dampness; Warming channels, stopping bleeding and preventing miscarriage. It can be used for treating heart cold pain, diarrhea, muscle rotation, chronic dysentery, vomiting, bleeding, irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia, leukorrhagia, restless fetal movement and carbuncle.
2. wormwood, also known as Ai Xiang, Ai Yi and Artemisia argyi, is bitter, pungent and warm in nature and enters the spleen, liver and kidney meridians. It can dispel cold, remove dampness, warm channels and stop bleeding. It is suitable for deficiency-cold bleeding and abdominal pain, and has obvious curative effect on women's deficiency-cold menoxenia, abdominal pain and metrorrhagia. It is a gynecological medicine. Now wormwood should be on the market. Wormwood can be used as wormwood dessert and processed into various dishes and medicated diets.
3. Antibacterial effect: Smoking with moxa sticks can still reduce the bacteria in burn wounds. After moxibustion treatment of tuberculosis in guinea pigs, the disease progresses slowly and the lesions are mild, especially in the later stage. In addition, it can also enhance the phagocytic function of reticuloendothelial cells, but the degree of enhancement is not as significant as that when animals gain immunity. The phagocytic function of reticuloendothelial cells in guinea pigs is consistent with tuberculosis in internal organs. When the liver and spleen are damaged by diseases, the phagocytic function will decrease.
4. In addition, it has antifungal, antiasthmatic, cholagogic, platelet aggregation inhibiting, hemostatic, gastrointestinal and uterine effects, cardiovascular system effects, antiallergic effects, etc.
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Take fresh Folium Artemisiae Argyi, especially the seedlings collected in spring. After drying, take about 3 grams each time and brew with boiling water.
Folium Artemisiae Argyi tastes bitter and warm, and has the functions of warming blood and dredging collaterals, dispelling cold and removing dampness, and stopping cold pain. Can be used for treating epigastric cold pain, abdominal pain, and irregular menstruation. In addition, it can also relieve symptoms such as air-conditioning disease, eczema, macula, scapulohumeral periarthritis, deficiency cold, low back pain and fatigue.
Summer is the season to nourish yang and drive away cold. For people with cold stomach or women with irregular menstruation and cold hands and feet in the abdomen, it is time to drink mugwort tea. You can also drink ginger, brown sugar and jujube together for better effect.
Folium Artemisiae Argyi tea also has the effect of removing edema. If women have edema before and after the physiological cycle or after staying up late and working overtime, they can try to drink wormwood tea to reduce swelling. Therefore, from the perspective of women, it is no exaggeration to call mugwort a "health grass" for women.
If you catch a cold, soaking in a cup of mugwort tea can achieve the effect of sweating and driving away the cold.
The use of mugwort leaves
Above, we talked with you in detail about the efficacy of mugwort leaves soaking in water. In fact, mugwort leaves can be used not only for soaking in water, but also for moxibustion or making various pillows, which is very beneficial to health care. The specific use method of Folium Artemisiae Argyi is as follows:
First: moxibustion
Make mugwort leaves into moxa sticks, light them and put them on some uncomfortable parts or acupoints. Moxibustion is a very common treatment method in traditional Chinese medicine. For example, moxibustion at Zusanli can effectively regulate the spleen and stomach, and the position of Sanyinjiao point can promote the health of liver and kidney. Moxibustion at Guanyuan point can treat irregular menstruation well.
Second: mugwort leaves make tea and make medicated diet.
Folium Artemisiae Argyi is a common Chinese herbal medicine. Besides soaking in water or decocting, it can also be made into various medicated diets or tea drinks. For example, Folium Artemisiae Argyi is made into Folium Artemisiae Argyi tea, Folium Artemisiae Argyi porridge, etc. It not only tastes good, but also can effectively treat headaches and various nerve pains after long-term use, and can also effectively enhance the body's immunity.
Thirdly, the mugwort pillow is made.
Sun-dried Folium Artemisiae Argyi, ground into soft powder, put in a cloth bag, and tie the mouth. The pillow made by this method can be used at night to effectively treat the pain caused by rheumatism. In addition, long-term adherence to the use of mugwort pillow can also improve the body's immunity, and has a good preventive and therapeutic effect on cervical spondylosis, cold, nerve paralysis and so on.
Fourth: mugwort leaves take a bath and soak feet.
After washing Folium Artemisiae Argyi, boil it with water. Finally, the obtained liquid medicine can be used for bathing and soaking in wine, and has the functions of expelling cold and treating eczema. Long-term use of mugwort leaves can also play a role in health preservation and effectively enhance physical fitness.
Can pregnant women use mugwort leaves?
Folium Artemisiae Argyi is widely used in life, not only for oral administration, but also for external use. Usually it can effectively treat a variety of diseases and has a very good health care effect on the body. But pregnant women are at a special stage. Can you use mugwort at this time?
In life, there is no side effect by using mugwort leaves to soak feet to smoke mosquitoes. Oral Folium Artemisiae Argyi can regulate qi and blood, and pregnant women can protect the fetus and relieve labor pain. Therefore, experts tell us that women who use mugwort during pregnancy have no side effects, but have many benefits for pregnant women.
However, I suggest that you should pay attention to the dosage and usage when using mugwort during pregnancy. It is safer to consult a professional when Artemisia argyi is mixed with other Chinese herbal medicines.
Can you prevent colds with mugwort leaves?
Folium Artemisiae Argyi soaking in water has many functions. Besides invigorating qi and blood, it can also be used to treat various gynecological diseases and eczema. Soaking mugwort leaves with wine in daily life can prevent and treat colds. Taking Folium Artemisiae Argyi during a cold can effectively relieve physical discomfort and help you recover quickly from a cold.
Benefits and taboos of mugwort soaking feet.
For patients with severe cold and dampness, it is enough to soak their feet with Artemisia argyi water once a week, and the frequency of soaking feet should be paid attention to. Some people are too weak to make up for their deficiencies. Eating some nourishing food can lead to toothache, oral ulcer and so on. And you need to pay attention to some necessary points to soak your feet with mugwort water in order to achieve the best results.
First, how to soak your feet with mugwort leaves
Wash the wormwood leaves with clear water first, because there will be bugs crawling on the wormwood leaves, and there will be a lot of dust left outside to dry. Then boil the wormwood leaves in water, simmer for about half an hour with a small fire after the water boils, and you can use it. Remember to let the water cool itself slowly. Don't add cold water just because it is hot, and mugwort leaves will not work. Also, when using water, you can wait until the water is still a little hot.
Every household in the countryside has mugwort leaves, so you don't need to buy them. They are sold in the streets and alleys of the Dragon Boat Festival. I suggest you go to the vegetable market. I think there should be some there. Bring the love color back and cook it in water (100 degree). Then pour the water into the basin to soak your feet. When it's 50-60 degrees cold, start soaking your feet. Don't be too cold. It's usually better to soak once tomorrow. Folium Artemisiae Argyi is a folk herb, not a regular Chinese herbal medicine. Pharmacopoeia and hospitals are regular Chinese herbal medicines and some western medicines, so they are rarely available.
Second, the benefits of mugwort soaking feet
Proper use of Folium Artemisiae Argyi can effectively alleviate and cure diseases in our body, while excessive use of Folium Artemisiae Argyi can cause weakness, headache, dizziness, tinnitus, dry eyes, fatigue, depression, and even cough and asthma. Therefore, everything is good, as long as it is used properly, it can promote our health.
Methods and efficacy:
Soak your feet with warm water at 40-50℃ before going to bed (one hour after meals), and keep heating for 20-30 minutes after cooling.
It has the functions of warming channels, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.
(1) wormwood and ginger can treat common cold, arthropathy, rheumatoid disease, cough, bronchitis, emphysema and asthma.
② wormwood and safflower can improve varicose veins, peripheral neuritis, poor blood circulation, numbness of hands and feet or blood stasis.
Salt-containing wormwood is suitable for upper energizer with fire, often accompanied by jealousy, toothache, sore throat, irritability, catching a cold on fire, edema of legs and feet, etc.
④ 20 capsules of Chinese prickly ash are suitable for sweaty feet, smelly feet, beriberi and warm rash.
Massage the soles of feet for 5 minutes after soaking feet, and then tap feet 10 minutes (tapping feet: lying on the bed with legs up, and tapping feet on each other).
※ Taboo:
Fever, hypertension, diabetes and acute infectious diseases above 150/90 should be avoided.
Pain caused by car accident or accidental injury: 30g whole plant of wormwood, 30g husband, 60g onion root, decocted for 20 minutes and then fumigated or soaked.
Skin itching: 30g of Folium Artemisiae Argyi, 30g of Zanthoxylum bungeanum, Kochia scoparia 15g, Dictamni Radicis 15g, decocted and fumigated.
Soaking feet with mugwort leaves can effectively dispel deficiency fire and cold fire, and can treat diseases related to deficiency fire and cold fire, such as portal ulcer, sore throat, periodontitis, gingivitis and otitis media.
As long as the above diseases occur, a small handful of mugwort leaves can be soaked in water, or a quarter of them can be made of pure mugwort sticks. After shredding, you can put it in a foot bath pliers and soak it in boiling water for a while. After the mugwort leaves are soaked, you can soak them in warm water until the whole body is slightly soaked, but you can't sweat. Drink more warm water, pay attention to whether to eat cold food and have a good rest. It usually takes 2-3 days to soak, which is all because of deficiency.
However, mugwort leaves can't often soak feet, because mugwort leaves can lead to deficiency fire and cold fire, which will lead to deficiency of both qi and blood in the head and face and insufficient blood supply, but will cause dizziness, headache and emotional changes.
For patients with severe cold and dampness, you can soak your feet with mugwort once a week. While soaking mugwort leaves, you can drink a cup of ginger and jujube water to drive away cold without diarrhea.
But some people are very weak, and eating some nourishing food can lead to toothache and oral ulcer. In this case, you can wait until you get angry before soaking your feet with mugwort water. When there is no fire, you can continue to take tonics and insist on soaking your feet with warm water every day. Pay attention to eating cold food by mistake to prevent cold and dampness from invading. Slowly, you will find that you will not get angry easily after eating nourishing food, and your physique will gradually increase.
Three. Matters needing attention in soaking feet in water of mugwort leaves
Soaking your feet with mugwort leaves will catch a cold and you need to eat warm food. For patients with severe cold and dampness, it is ok to soak their feet once a week with Folium Artemisiae Argyi water, but you must stop eating all cold foods while soaking your feet with Folium Artemisiae Argyi water, and you can also drink a cup of ginger and jujube water while soaking your feet with Folium Artemisiae Argyi water, so that you can get rid of cold and have diarrhea.
You need to pay attention to the frequency when soaking your feet. Some people are too weak to supplement. Eating some nourishing food can lead to toothache, oral ulcer and so on. You can soak your feet with mugwort water when you are angry. When there is no fire, you can continue to supplement food and insist on soaking your feet with warm water every day. If you are angry again, you can still soak your feet with mugwort water.
You can soak your feet with wormwood when you have a cold, but you should also pay attention to conditioning with other foods. When you have a cold, runny nose, sore throat, body aches or fever, you can soak your feet with mugwort water. This is to make your body sweat, but you must drink ginger and brown sugar water at the same time, add onions when you have a fever, and add a few cloves of garlic when you cough. Drink a few more times until your body has a fever, and your body is no longer sore and runny. Then drink plenty of boiled water to expel viruses and cold fire in time and pay attention to rest.
Soaking feet with wormwood has many advantages. Proper use of wormwood can effectively alleviate and cure diseases in our body, while excessive use of wormwood can cause weakness, headache, dizziness, tinnitus, dry eyes, fatigue and depression, and even cough and asthma in severe cases. Therefore, everything is good, as long as it is used properly, it can promote our health.
Fourth, the taboo of wormwood soaking feet
The foot soaking time should not be too long, 15 ~ 30 minutes is appropriate. When soaking feet, blood will flow to the lower limbs, and the brain is prone to insufficient blood supply. Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as chest tightness and dizziness and the elderly should stop soaking their feet and rest. Diabetic patients have poor peripheral sensory ability, so their families should try the water temperature first to prevent burns.
People with fever, hypotension and diabetes should soak their feet with wormwood under the guidance of a doctor. Soak your feet with wormwood 2 ~ 3 times a week, not too often. Soaking feet with wormwood will lead to fire, sometimes it will lead to insufficient blood in the head and face, which is easy to cause dizziness, headache and emotional changes.
It is best to use a wooden basin for soaking feet with traditional Chinese medicine. The chemical composition in metal pots such as copper pots is unstable, and it is easy to react with tannic acid in traditional Chinese medicine to produce harmful substances such as iron tannic acid, which greatly reduces the curative effect of drugs.
Children should not soak their feet in overheated water for a long time. Because the arch of the foot began to form in childhood, we should pay attention to protection from an early age. If you often wash your feet with hot water, the ligaments on the soles of your feet will become slack, which is not conducive to the formation and maintenance of the arch, and it is easy to form flat feet.
Women should not soak their feet with traditional Chinese medicine during menstruation. It is best to consult a doctor and prescribe medicine according to your own situation.