On the occasion of the annual Dragon Boat Festival, many places have the custom of hanging or inserting wormwood on their doors. It is said that the purpose of doing this is to ward off evil spirits and pray for blessings, and the other is to repel mosquitoes, which has existed since ancient times. In fact, wormwood has many uses. Today's traditional festival will introduce five health functions of wormwood during the Dragon Boat Festival.

Modern anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory experimental research proves that Artemisia argyi has anti-bacterial and anti-viral effects. When the wound occurs, the wormwood leaves are ignited and smoked against the wound, and its medicinal properties can act on the wound. Although it may be painful at first, it can quickly sterilize and locally diminish inflammation, which is beneficial to wound healing.

Folium Artemisiae Argyi also has the effects of dispelling cold, removing dampness, regulating menstruation and stopping bleeding, and has certain curative effect on irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea and abdominal pain in women. Women can take a bath with wormwood. If conditions do not allow, soaking feet is also a good choice. It can accelerate human blood circulation and improve symptoms such as cold hands and feet and dysmenorrhea. Coupled with its antibacterial effect, it can also play a role in getting rid of beriberi.

Relieve itchy skin Many babies and even adults will have allergic itching due to eczema and other diseases. Wash the fresh wormwood, then add a proper amount of water, take it out after the fire boils, and pour the wormwood water into the bathtub to take a bath, which can relieve the symptoms.

Enhance immunity: wormwood has the effects of dispelling cold, removing dampness, inhibiting bacteria and diminishing inflammation. Soaking feet or taking a bath can obviously improve people's immunity, especially for colds. When you have a cold, you can combine soaking wormwood with drinking Jiang Shui, which can get twice the result with half the effort.

In southern China, people used to mix fresh wormwood and glutinous rice flour in a ratio of one to two around Tomb-Sweeping Day, wrap them with peanuts, sesame seeds and sugar, and steam them to make wormwood, which is soft and delicious. In addition, the fresh leaves and buds of wormwood can also be eaten as vegetables.

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