Specific analysis:
1. Folium Artemisiae Argyi, also known as Folium Artemisiae Argyi and Artemisia argyi, is bitter, pungent and warm in nature in traditional Chinese medicine, and enters the spleen, liver and kidney meridians. Folium Artemisiae Argyi can dispel cold, remove dampness, warm channels and stop bleeding.
2. In traditional Chinese medicine, Folium Artemisiae Argyi has the functions of warming meridians, dredging veins, dispelling cold and relieving pain, and is an essential medicine for gynecology. Many female friends with dysmenorrhea will buy mugwort leaves and come back to boil water to drink. Generally speaking, it is beneficial for women with cold constitution to take it often.
Therefore, there is generally no side effect when mugwort leaves are boiled and drunk, and it can be regarded as a health tea.
How to boil water and drink mugwort leaves? Nowadays, many people will pick mugwort leaves themselves or go to pharmacies to buy mugwort leaves and boil water to drink.
Boiling water with Folium Artemisiae Argyi:
1. Wash the mugwort leaves first. If mugwort leaves are bought in a drugstore, they should be soaked in water in a pot. At this time, you can put mugwort leaves in the pot and then put 80% water. Not too full, just enough for mugwort to soak in.
2. Then turn on the fire and boil it first. After boiling, you can turn off the heat and cook for half an hour. Finally, add a little sugar and you can drink.
Tips:
If you can't drink too much water, you can take a bath with the remaining mugwort water, which can also effectively sterilize and relieve itching.
The use of mugwort leaves
In fact, mugwort leaves can be used not only in soaking water, but also in moxibustion, or made into various pillows, which is very beneficial to health care.
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.
Taboos for soaking mugwort leaves in water The specific taboos for soaking mugwort leaves in water are as follows:
First: mugwort leaves should not be soaked in water for too long.
No matter how you choose to use mugwort, you can't use it for too long. This is because Artemisia argyi leaves are cold, so if you use this Chinese herbal medicine for a long time, it will easily lead to the invasion of cold pathogens, which is not conducive to your health. Especially when soaking feet with mugwort leaves, pay special attention to the time. Generally fifteen minutes to half an hour is the best time. If it exceeds this time, it will easily lead to insufficient blood supply to the brain.
Second: mugwort leaves are not suitable for children to soak in water.
The taboo of soaking mugwort leaves in water also includes some people who are not suitable for taking this Chinese herbal medicine, especially children who are not suitable for taking mugwort leaves water. This is because childhood is the fastest stage of children's development, and the development at this time is also related to children's life. If you use mugwort leaves here, it will easily lead to abnormal physical development, which is not conducive to your health.
Third: Women should not take Folium Artemisiae Argyi during menstruation.
Chinese medicine believes that mugwort leaves are cold and bitter. Women are in a special physical state during menstruation. At this time, if they take mugwort leaves, it is easy for them to have irregular menstruation.
Folium Artemisiae Argyi will react chemically with some metals, which is very unstable and easy to produce some harmful substances, especially iron tannic acid. Therefore, it is best to put the liquid medicine obtained by soaking mugwort leaves in water in a wooden basin and take it in time.
Fifth: wormwood leaves need to be taboo when soaking in water.
I believe many people are not familiar with this taboo of soaking in water. If you want to give full play to the efficacy of Artemisia argyi leaves without affecting your health, it is very necessary to take appropriate taboos when taking this Chinese herbal medicine. In the process of using this Chinese herbal medicine, besides eating cold food, tea leaves and other substances containing a lot of tannic acid should also be kept away from contact, so as to maximize the efficacy of Artemisia argyi leaves without causing side effects to the body.