On the Dragon Boat Festival, people will put a handful of wormwood in front of the door to ward off evil spirits. Not only that, wormwood can also be eaten, with many effects. Let's take a look!

Efficacy of wormwood

Wormwood is bitter, dry and pungent, and can regulate qi and blood, warm meridians, dispel cold and dampness, and stop cold pain. It is an important medicine in gynecology. It can be used for treating epigastric pain, irregular menstruation and infertility caused by palace cold. Stir-frying charcoal to stop bleeding can be used to treat menorrhagia, metrorrhagia, leukorrhagia and fetal leakage due to deficiency-cold syndrome. This product is mashed and made into moxa sticks and moxa sticks. External moxibustion can dispel cold, relieve pain and warm qi and blood. External washing with decoction can cure wet sores and scabies, eliminate dampness and relieve itching.

Folium Artemisiae Argyi has been preventing plague for thousands of years, and Chinese herbal medicines can also be obtained locally. Pharmacological research of modern medicine shows that Folium Artemisiae Argyi is a broad-spectrum antibacterial and antiviral drug, which can inhibit and kill many viruses and bacteria, and has certain preventive and therapeutic effects on respiratory diseases. Fumigation of mugwort leaves is a simple and feasible epidemic prevention method.

The function of wormwood

Wormwood has a close relationship with people's life in China. Whenever Dragon Boat Festival comes, people always put wormwood at home to "ward off evil spirits". The plants with withered stems are soaked in water for fumigation to achieve the effect of disinfection and itching relief, and parturients often bathe or fumigate with wormwood water. Traditional medical theory holds that Folium Artemisiae Argyi has the functions of qi and blood, expelling cold and removing dampness, warming channels, stopping bleeding and preventing miscarriage. (Need to buy wormwood leaves, Taobao search shop: wormwood prince or search keywords: wormwood leaves that can be drunk) Modern experimental research proves that wormwood leaves have antibacterial and antiviral effects; Antiasthmatic, antitussive and expectorant effects; Hemostatic and anticoagulant effects; Sedative and antiallergic effects; Protect liver and gallbladder, etc. It can be used as recipes such as "wormwood tea", "wormwood soup" and "wormwood porridge" to enhance the body's resistance to diseases.

Wonderful use of wormwood

moxibustion

Moxibustion, according to Chinese medicine, has the functions of warming yang, benefiting qi, relaxing meridians and dredging collaterals, removing blood stasis and resolving hard mass, and tonifying middle energizer. Summer is the most prosperous season among the four seasons. At this time, warming yang is the most effective with the help of heaven and earth.

Moxibustion therapy is to ignite moxa sticks made of wormwood, and smoke moxibustion at acupuncture points that need treatment, so that the medicinal gas and fire temperature of wormwood leaves reach musculoskeletal meridians, thus achieving the purpose of treating diseases.

However, when doing moxibustion, we should pay attention to the following taboos: don't wash your hands or bathe with cold water within half an hour after warm moxibustion, and don't drink cold water or ice water. Drink more warm water than usual to help your body excrete toxins; It is not advisable to moxibustion within one hour after meals; People with menstrual period, high fever, hunger, excessive fatigue and red constitution are not suitable for moxibustion.

wash

Folium Artemisiae Argyi has health care functions such as disinfection, decontamination and insecticide. Bathing with Folium Artemisiae Argyi is good for your health.

There is no special requirement for the production of wormwood leaf water. If it is used for bathing, first wash the mugwort leaves, wash off the floating dust, and then put them into the pot. After boiling for 5 to 10 minutes, pick up the mugwort leaves and pour the water into the bathtub. The volatile oil in Folium Artemisiae Argyi has obvious antitussive, expectorant and antiallergic effects. Therefore, fumigation and foot washing with wormwood soup has a cough relieving effect. Generally speaking, mugwort leaves have no adverse reactions for external use, and the possibility of poisoning is small, but it should not be too strong. Generally, 20 ~ 30g of Folium Artemisiae Argyi is suitable, but it is not suitable for long-term use.

beat

In the season when mosquitoes are rampant, it is inevitable that there will be health hazards when mosquitoes are driven away with pesticides and electric mosquito coils. You can use mugwort leaves, soak a proper amount of mugwort leaves in camellia oil, put them in a glass bottle and leave them for one month. After all the components of mugwort leaves are precipitated into the oil, they will give off a strong Ai Xiang. Then, filter the injected essential oil, add lavender, mint, citronella and other essential oils, and put them into a ball bottle, which is the most environmentally friendly anti-mosquito weapon to carry with you.

eat

The ancients in China had the habit of eating mugwort leaves. Chinese medicine believes that mugwort leaves are very effective and have many functions.

Folium Artemisiae Argyi is warm and belongs to liver, spleen and kidney meridians, and has the effects of warming meridians to stop bleeding, dispel cold and relieve pain. Female deficiency cold, irregular menstruation, menorrhagia, abdominal pain, etc. You can eat Artemisia argyi properly.

Folium Artemisiae Argyi contains eucalyptol, Platycladone and other ingredients, and has antitussive, antiasthmatic, antibacterial and antiallergic effects.

Folium Artemisiae Argyi is natural and fresh, which is suitable for all kinds of ingredients. For example, fried bean curd with mugwort leaves, wrapped in jiaozi or steamed with flour can all be recipes that highlight the faint fragrance of mugwort leaves to the maximum extent. Folium Artemisiae Argyi and meat are put together to stew soup, which can replenish qi and blood, strengthen the spleen and calm the heart. The food made of Folium Artemisiae Argyi is suitable for most people, but it should be used with caution for those with yin deficiency and blood heat.

Folium Artemisiae Argyi recipe recommendation

1

Steamed mugwort leaves with flour

First, prepare fresh wormwood, then remove the hard stems and dead leaves of wormwood, then rinse wormwood with clear water, and the sediment must be cleaned; Then, according to the ratio of 1: 250, the flour and wormwood are mixed, evenly stirred and dispersed, so that all the wormwood leaves are stained with flour; Finally, steam in a steamer for about 30 to 40 minutes, and then take it out.

2. Jiang loves eggs

Ingredients:15g ginger,10g mugwort leaf, 2 eggs.

Specific practice: first cook two eggs, then add a proper amount of water, and then shell the eggs after cooking; Then put ginger, wormwood leaves and eggs in a pot and cook them. You can eat it when it is cooked. Both soup and eggs can be eaten as dinner. If the Dragon Boat Festival lasts for a few days, you can achieve a good weight loss effect.

3. Aiye Group

Prepare ingredients: Artemisia argyi, proper amount of flour, water and salt.

Cooking method: Wash the Folium Artemisiae Argyi and chop it; Add flour, water and salt to chopped Folium Artemisiae Argyi and knead into dough. When the dough is ready, put it in a steamer and cook it.

4. Ai Ye jiaozi

Ingredients: 300g of wormwood, 300g of onion, 300g of bean sprouts and 300g of tofu, and appropriate amount of dumpling skin.

Cooking method: first chop the wormwood leaves; Onions, bean sprouts and tofu are also chopped in moderation; Then, stir the chopped ingredients evenly, add salt to make stuffing, and it is recommended not to put too much heavy seasoning; Finally, make a jiaozi with a dough bag, fill the wormwood stuffing into the shape of jiaozi, then put it in a pot and steam or boil it.