Can I take a bath with mugwort when I have a cold?

Cold symptoms are common in daily life. Colds can cause some very uncomfortable manifestations, such as nasal congestion, dizziness, poor appetite, physical weakness, etc. After catching a cold, people usually take cold medicine for treatment, and the condition will generally improve after a week. Bathing with mugwort has many benefits to the human body, but many people wonder whether people with colds can use mugwort to bathe. Can people with colds use mugwort to bathe? Let’s take a look at it next.

1. Can I take a bath with mugwort when I have a cold?

There are many benefits of taking a bath with mugwort leaves. It has the effects of dredging meridians and activating collaterals, promoting qi and blood circulation, removing dampness and cold, reducing swelling and dispersing nodules, restoring yang and rescuing from adverse conditions, and preventing diseases and maintaining health. Bathing with mugwort leaves can also regulate nerve excitability, improve sleep quality, effectively promote blood circulation and lymphatic circulation, enhance the body's immunity, dilate blood vessels, reduce blood viscosity, relieve muscle spasms, scavenge free radicals in the body and have anti-oxidation effects.

Long-term use of mugwort leaves for bathing can also improve immunity, strengthen the body, and prolong life. When you catch a cold, have a runny nose, a sore throat, body aches, or have a fever, you can take a bath with moxa leaves until your body sweats, but you must also drink ginger and brown sugar water. Add scallions when you have a fever, and a few cloves of garlic when you have a cough. Drink this several times until your body becomes hot and you no longer have body aches and runny nose. Then drink plenty of boiled water to expel the virus and cold fire in time, and get enough rest. Your cold will heal quickly.

Correct use of mugwort can effectively relieve and cure physical symptoms, but excessive use of mugwort can cause deficiency of the body and lead to headaches, dizziness, tinnitus, dry eyes, fatigue, depression and even coughing and asthma in severe cases. So, everything is good, as long as it is used properly, it can promote the health of the body.

Mugwort can also cure colds. Mugwort can also cure colds. It is warm in nature and can dispel cold and relieve pain internally and treat skin itching externally. It can be used as an auxiliary treatment for colds caused by wind and cold. However, if you take mugwort water for a wind-heat cold, it will aggravate the symptoms, so you must first determine the type of cold before taking any medication. The effect of using mugwort to treat colds varies from person to person and from disease to disease. Be sure to diagnose the type of cold clearly and do not take any medicine without authorization.

2. How to take a mugwort bath?

Mugwort can be used to make tea, but the taste of mugwort is quite pungent and many people may not be able to accept it. Therefore, more people will use it for external use, that is, for bathing or foot soaking. So how should you take a bath with mugwort leaves?

First, boil the mugwort into juice, then when taking a bath, pour it into the bathtub or tub in a certain proportion, dilute it with water, and you can take a bath! Bathing with mugwort can remove small red bumps on the body, and it has a certain effect on folliculitis and eczema.

Or you can take 30-50 grams of fresh moxa leaves, soak them in boiling water in a bathtub for 10 minutes, take out the moxa leaves and add water to a suitable water temperature before taking a bath. Winter is here, why not take a bath with moxa leaves!

In addition to using mugwort leaves directly for bathing, mugwort leaves can also be used together with essential oils, which has good effects. Bathing requires bathing equipment, preferably a wooden bathtub, bath bucket, ceramic bathtub, or surfing bathtub; it is not possible to take an wormwood bath in a shower.

Open the mugwort bath sachet, take out the inner bag, put it in a plastic basin, add 3-4 liters of 100-degree Celsius boiling water, soak for 5 minutes, then put it in the bathtub, add appropriate amount of warm water, and adjust it to a suitable amount of water for your bath. The water temperature requirements for mugwort bathing vary from person to person. The higher the water temperature, the better. Slightly hot and comfortable is best. Generally 30 minutes is appropriate, but it can be extended for patients with rheumatism and arthritis. The body is in a sweating state, and it is best to relieve or eliminate the blockage. You can add a certain amount of hot water according to your own adaptability to keep the bath temperature at the most comfortable temperature.

3. Precautions for bathing with mugwort leaves

There are some things you need to pay attention to when taking a bath with mugwort leaves, because sometimes if the method is not used properly, it can easily backfire. Then you need to pay attention to the following when taking a bath with mugwort leaves:

1. It is best to take an wormwood bath thirty minutes after a meal.

2. Please do not use if you have yin deficiency and blood heat. If you have severe hypertension and heart disease, the temperature should not be too high when taking a bath. Moreover, children and pregnant women should not use mugwort leaves for bathing.

3. Bathing with mugwort leaves requires bathing equipment, preferably a wooden bath basin, bath bucket, ceramic bathtub, or surfing bathtub; it is not possible to take a mugwort bath in the shower.

4. The water temperature requirement for mugwort bathing varies from person to person. The higher the water temperature, the better. Slightly hot and comfortable is best. Generally speaking, the temperature of the bath gel is 36℃-37℃ in summer, 37℃-38℃ in spring and autumn, and 38℃-39℃ in winter. Women can lower the temperature by 1-2℃ according to their own adaptability, and the elderly can increase the temperature by 1-2℃ according to their own adaptability. Patients with rheumatism and arthritis can increase the temperature of the bath gel by 1-2℃. Slightly hot and comfortable is best, not too high.

5. The length of each bathing time varies from person to person. Generally, 30 minutes is appropriate. However, it can be extended for patients with rheumatism and arthritis. The body is in a sweating state. It is best to relieve or eliminate the blockage. You can add a certain amount of hot water according to your own adaptability to keep the bath temperature at the most comfortable temperature. The elderly can extend the bathing time appropriately, but not too long. The bathing time of patients with hypertension and heart disease should be appropriately reduced to no more than 30 minutes.

6. Bathing and rinsing: It is best not to use other detergents when taking an wormwood bath. The wormwood bath sachet and bath gel have excellent cleansing, sterilization and moisturizing effects. The skin feels very smooth after bathing. The bath gel is black and red and will not stain the skin. Rinse with clean water and wipe dry after bathing. After bathing, keep warm to avoid catching cold.

7. For general health-care purposes, it is best to take an wormwood bath two to three times a week. It is recommended to take a bath before going to bed, because taking an wormwood bath before going to bed can effectively eliminate fatigue, promote sleep, and improve sleep quality. For patients with rheumatism and arthritis, it is better to take it every other day, but once a day is also possible. Mugwort bathing has the effects of curing, preventing diseases and maintaining health. Mugwort bathing can be done in all seasons. However, taking a mugwort bath once cannot solve all problems. It requires long-term persistence.

8. People with allergies are strictly prohibited from using mugwort bath sachets for bathing. If you suspect that you are allergic to mugwort, or are not sure whether you are allergic to mugwort, you need to soak your feet first as a test and cannot take a bath blindly.