In addition to being used as food and medicine, wormwood is also used by people to ward off evil spirits. On the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, every household hangs a handful of wormwood and calamus in front of the door, hall and window to drive away evil spirits and pray for good health and all the best. Therefore, there is also a saying among the people that "willow is inserted in Qingming Festival and wormwood is inserted in Dragon Boat Festival". The custom of inserting moxa in the Dragon Boat Festival is also popular all over China.
"The Chronicle of Jingchu" said: "On May 5, people in Jingchu stepped on a hundred herbs, picked moxa as a human being, and hung it on the door to poison it." Before dawn, people go out to look for wormwood that looks like a human figure and pick it up and hang it on the door. The ancients thought that it could play the role of "exorcising evil spirits, eliminating filth, benefiting and avoiding harm".
It can be seen that since ancient times, people have been popular to tie wormwood and calamus on the Dragon Boat Festival and hang them at doors, doors and windows, indoors and out of windows to drive away mosquitoes and freshen the air.
It is not superstitious to say that the smell of wormwood is pungent. Its aromatic components have the functions of repelling mosquitoes and microorganisms, as well as antibacterial sterilization, removing allergens and refreshing.
As the saying goes, there is mugwort at home, and it is suitable for all ages. Prepare more Folium Artemisiae Argyi in summer. Folium Artemisiae Argyi can be used as a medicinal material to prevent and treat diseases, and can also be used as a health food. "Compendium of Materia Medica" also records that "Folium Artemisiae Argyi can cure all diseases and is the grass of the family".
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