Can wormwood repel mosquitoes?

Artemisia annua can repel mosquitoes. Artemisia annua is a plant with a special smell, so the insect repellent effect is very good, and it is pungent and warm in nature, can purify the air, and has a fragrant and refreshing effect. Smelling it often can make people's brain clear, ears and eyes sharp, and it even has the effect of preventing influenza. Due to the pungent and warm properties of mugwort, it is suitable for relaxing meridians and dredge meridians. Therefore, in traditional Chinese medicine, mugwort leaves or moxa patches are often used for acupuncture or herbal fumigation. Inhaling the smell of mugwort into the body can smooth the blood circulation of the whole body and make the blood circulation better. When a person's blood and qi flow unimpeded, the immune system will naturally improve, and "dampness" such as fever, cold, and viral infection can be prevented.

Mugwort leaves are slightly warm in nature, slightly bitter in taste, non-toxic and fragrant. If you stew black chicken or pork with mugwort leaves, it can cure gynecological diseases. However, in traditional Chinese medicine, mugwort is suitable for people with cold symptoms such as cold hands and feet, but not for people who are prone to getting angry easily. For example, those who often have dry mouth, bitter mouth, bad breath, hot face, constipation, hemorrhoids, etc. are not suitable to use it to prevent the condition from worsening.

1. Dehumidification and disinfection: The unique substances contained in wormwood leaves have the effect of sterilization. Although wormwood leaves have the effect of dehumidification and disinfection, the actual effect of treating eczema is general and not very obvious. The use of wormwood leaves has an auxiliary effect on the treatment of eczema.

2. Promote blood circulation and dispel cold: Mugwort leaves are a kind of tonic food. Taking mugwort leaves can have the effect of dispelling cold. In addition, wormwood leaves also have a great effect on women's relaxation and blood circulation.

3. Calming down the nerves and helping sleep: We all use mugwort leaves to soak feet in hot water, which can have the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and can also have the effect of calming the nerves and helping sleep, and can improve sleep.

4. Repel mosquitoes: Mugwort leaves have a unique fragrance that can scare mosquitoes away. Applying some mugwort water on the skin in summer can have the actual effect of repelling mosquitoes.

Mugwort is also a very good food. Among the traditional foods in southern my country, there is a kind of glutinous rice cake which is made with mugwort as the main raw material. In the Dongjiang River section of Huizhou, Guangdong Province, locals pick tender mugwort leaves and buds in winter and spring and use them as vegetables and fruits.

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The effects of Artemisia argyi and Poria cocos are bitter, pungent and warm, and they enter the spleen, liver and kidneys. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: Mugwort leaves are used as medicine, which are warm in nature, slightly bitter in taste, non-toxic, purely yang in nature, and can pass through the twelve meridians. They have the functions of restoring yang, regulating blood and qi, expelling cold and dampness, and promoting blood circulation and nourishing the fetus. They are also commonly seen in traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture.

Mugwort has the effects of regulating menstruation, activating blood circulation, nourishing the fetus and stopping metrorrhagia, and dispelling cold and dampness. It can be used to treat irregular menstruation, menstrual pain, abdominal pain, miscarriage, abnormal uterine bleeding, eradicate rheumatoid arthritis, headache, and menstrual wind. Because it can cut ice into round shapes and cure all kinds of diseases, it is the most common medicine in traditional Chinese medicine.

Modern experimental scientific research has confirmed that wormwood leaves have antibacterial and antiviral therapeutic effects; antiasthmatic, antitussive and expectorant effects; blood circulation and anticoagulant effects; calming and anti-allergic effects; liver nourishing and bile promoting effects, etc. Mugwort can be used to make recipes such as "mugwort tea", "mugwort soup" and "mugwort porridge" to improve the body's resistance to diseases.