Is mugwort cooling or hot?

Artemisia annua is used as medicine, and art of mugwort culture is becoming increasingly prominent. As early as the period of "Book of Songs", artemisia annua was already an important plant for people's livelihood. The leaves of mugwort are dried and mashed to make "mugwort wool", which is used to make moxibustion patches for moxibustion and can also be used as the raw material for "ink paste".

In addition, wolves use grass as fertilizer to kill insects or use fumigation smoke as room disinfectant and insecticide. Young leaves and seedlings are used as fruits and vegetables. Mugwort is dried and crushed into mugwort powder, which is a high-quality feed raw material for poultry and livestock, and can also be used as a pure natural plant dye.

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It grows in barren mountains, roadside rivers and hillsides in low to medium altitudes. It is also commonly found in forest-steppe and prairie areas. In some areas, it is the dominant species of plant species. Artemisia is easy to reproduce and grow, has a strong adaptability to climate and soil, is resistant to heat and drought, likes warm and humid climate, and grows well in moist and fertile soil.

Distributed in Mongolia, North Korea, Ukraine (Far East) and my country; widely distributed, except for extremely drought and cold areas in my country, it is basically distributed throughout my country. Nationally cultivated in Japan.

I believe that everyone is familiar with mugwort leaves. It is a common plant in our daily life. The health-preserving value of mugwort leaves is relatively high. In traditional Chinese medicine, mugwort leaves are used for moxibustion to regulate the human body, so that people can have a healthier physique and higher immunity. Mugwort leaves are hot in nature. Next, I will explain in detail the effects and functions of mugwort!

1. Promote blood circulation

The aroma of mugwort leaves is pungent, warm and can dispel cold, warm the blood and meridians. It is a basic medicine for relaxing the meridians and activating blood circulation. It is suitable for bleeding diseases caused by yin deficiency and internal heat, especially for metrorrhagia. It is mainly used to treat coldness in the lower abdomen, and metrorrhagia caused by malnutrition of the Chong and Ren meridians. This product can be used alone, decocted in water, or used with donkey-hide gelatin cake, peony flower, dried rehmannia root, etc., such as Jiao Ai Decoction (Jinkui Yaolue). This product relaxes the meridians and promotes blood circulation. Together with raw rehmannia, raw lotus leaves, raw cypress leaves and other heat-clearing and blood-cooling medicines, it can treat various bleeding syndromes such as vomiting blood, epistaxis, hemoptysis, etc. caused by blood heat, such as Si Sheng Wan ("Fu Ren Da Quan Liang Fang"). The use of wormwood leaves can not only enhance blood circulation, but also prevent the side effects of cold medicines that cause coldness and blood stasis.

2. Treat various inflammations

Chronic bronchitis: You can use wormwood oil capsules, 2 capsules each time, 3 times a day, 10 days as a course of treatment, can be taken for 2-4 courses of treatment, it has a very good effect on chronic bronchitis cough, wheezing. You can also use 1000g of fresh wormwood leaves, wash and chop them, soak them in 4000ml of water for 4-6 hours, and then decoct and filter until the extraction is about 3000ml. Take 40ml each time, 3 times a day. It can effectively relieve the symptoms of chronic bronchitis with cough, sputum, wheezing, cold limbs and pale tongue.

3. Treat irregular menstruation

Mugwort leaves can warm the meridians, expel dampness and cold, relieve cold pain, and are especially good at regulating menstruation. It is the main medicine for treating gynecological cold in the lower abdomen or cold in the uterus. It is common in cases of coldness in the lower abdomen, irregular menstruation, abdominal pain, infertility due to cold uterus, and thin and loose stools. It is often used together with Cyperus rotundus, Rhizoma Angelicae Dahuricae, Rhizoma Paeoniae Rubra, and Rhizoma Chuanxiong. If the coldness is more severe, it can be combined with Evodia rutaecarpa, cinnamon powder, etc., such as Ai Fu Nuan Gong Wan (Zhi Zhi Fang). It can be used to treat cold pain in the abdomen caused by spleen and stomach deficiency. You can take the mugwort leaves alone, or fry them and apply them to the navel and abdomen, or combine them with Pengzhong Qi-moving products.