In the classics of traditional Chinese medicine, the frequency of wormwood is not high, and it is not a rare medicinal material, but it is precisely because it is not very rare but can cure diseases that it has become a standing medicinal material for ordinary people. China folks have had the custom of "hanging mugwort leaves, hanging calamus, sprinkling realgar and bathing mugwort leaves" since ancient times. In many areas, newborns and parturients should also bathe with wormwood water, and these customs have been passed down to this day.
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Ai culture has a long history. As early as in the Book of Songs, wormwood was already a very important livelihood plant. There is another legend about the origin of Ai. According to legend, King Wu was surrounded by a famous doctor named Xiao Ai. One day, he collapsed in the tent of the army after having diarrhea for many days. In order to treat the dying soldier, he made a house call sick, but he accidentally tripped over a weed fire to repel mosquitoes and was burned by the fire.
However, when he treated the soldiers, he was surprised to find that he had recovered from his illness, but he had several scars on his body. So he had a whim and burned the corresponding position of the patient's body with unknown weeds. All the burned soldiers are getting better. King Wu praised Xiao Ai, but Xiao Ai did not dare to take credit. He replied, "This is the masterpiece of weeds."
King Wu announced to the whole army: "Weeds are nameless, so they are named after Xiao Ai and Artemisia argyi." Because of its great role, Ai has been endowed with many reputations by the ancients, such as respecting the elderly for Ai, describing young and beautiful women as "less Ai", maintaining it as "protecting Ai" in the Book of Songs and writing "Ai An" in Historical Records, which shows the deep love of the ancients for Ai.
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