"Folium Artemisiae Argyi to ward off evil spirits" was once regarded as superstition. Modern medical research shows that Folium Artemisiae Argyi has good health care function. The ancients said that wormwood leaves also had certain scientific reasons to ward off evil spirits. The uses of Folium Artemisiae Argyi can be roughly divided into two categories: oral use and external use. As early as more than 2,000 years ago, it was recorded in the pivot function of Huangdi Neijing that "acupuncture is not what it wants, but moxibustion is appropriate".
1, regulating menstruation and stopping bleeding, preventing miscarriage, dispelling cold and removing dampness, and fire moxibustion are the most famous external uses. Moxibustion therapy is to smoke and burn specific acupoints with the help of the medicinal properties and warm stimulation of Artemisia argyi leaves when burning, so as to achieve the purpose of getting rid of diseases and keeping in good health. Frequent use of moxibustion has the effects of regulating menstruation, stopping bleeding, preventing miscarriage, dispelling cold and removing dampness;
2, the treatment of various gynecological diseases, acute and chronic inflammation, wormwood is widely used, especially in gynecological diseases. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, wormwood is warm, bitter and pungent, and it is mainly used to treat common diseases of women such as vomiting blood, hemoptysis, hematochezia, metrorrhagia, and restless fetal movement. In addition, wormwood has therapeutic effects on acute and chronic inflammation such as rheumatoid arthritis, cold diarrhea, bronchitis, enteritis, acute urethritis and cystitis.
3. Inhibit or kill a variety of pathogenic bacteria. The volatile oil (aromatic component) in Artemisia argyi leaves can inhibit or kill a variety of pathogenic bacteria. When burning, it can not only inhibit or kill bacteria in the surrounding environment, but also distribute in the nasal respiratory tract of people, kill bacteria entering the nasal respiratory tract, form a micro-membrane barrier in the nose and mouth, and prevent bacterial invasion. By burning mugwort leaves, smoking or decocting mugwort leaves for bathing, because of the higher temperature, the aroma components volatilize more thoroughly and the effect will be better.
4. Enhance immunity. Disinfecting incense mainly containing Folium Artemisiae Argyi can significantly increase the content of specific immunoglobulin A in nasal secretions of healthy people. Long-term application of mugwort bath can also enhance human immune function, enhance disease resistance and significantly reduce the incidence of influenza, indicating that mugwort bath can also improve immunity to a certain extent.
Folium Artemisiae Argyi soak feet, dispel diseases and strengthen the body.
Folium Artemisiae Argyi is an aromatic medicine with mild nature and bitter taste. It has many functions such as stopping hematemesis, relieving cough and resolving phlegm, benefiting qi and nourishing yin, and dispelling cold. Soaking feet with mugwort leaves can play a certain role in getting rid of diseases and strengthening the body, but it is mild in nature, so it is not suitable for people suffering from fever for the time being. Several methods of soaking feet with mugwort leaves;
1, wormwood and pepper can remove foot sweat, foot odor, beriberi and eczema.
2. wormwood and safflower can improve leg varicose veins, peripheral neuritis, poor blood circulation, paralysis of hands and feet and local blood stasis.
3. wormwood and ginger can effectively treat a series of diseases such as cold, arthropathy, rheumatoid, cough, bronchitis, emphysema and asthma.
Folium Artemisiae Argyi+eggs, remove the body's aversion to cold.
Effect of wormwood on boiled eggs:
1. Boiled eggs with Folium Artemisiae Argyi have a good effect of warming uterus, and have a very good therapeutic effect on menstrual disorder, dysmenorrhea and infertility caused by palace cold.
2. Boiled eggs with Folium Artemisiae Argyi does not help pregnancy, but it is really a good medicine for women who are infertile due to uterine cold, because naturally they can get pregnant smoothly after uterine cold is cured.
3. Boiled eggs with wormwood leaves can help women to relieve dysmenorrhea, especially dysmenorrhea caused by palace cold. Normal women eating boiled eggs with mugwort leaves can prevent palace cold and irregular menstruation.
The method of boiling eggs with wormwood: wormwood leaves 10g, dried ginger 15g, 2 eggs, and appropriate amount of brown sugar. It's easy to do. Slice the dried ginger, put it into the pot with the washed Artemisia argyi leaves and eggs, add appropriate amount of water, and cook the eggs with slow fire first. Then, peel the boiled eggs, put them in a pot and cook for 10 minutes, and add brown sugar. Well, a steaming and energetic "boiled egg with ginger" is ready. Eating eggs and drinking juice is delicious, but the effect is completely equivalent to bitter Chinese medicine.