What are the benefits of drinking boiled mugwort leaves?

The nutritional value of the plant mugwort leaves is very high. Many people are relatively familiar with this thing, but few people would think of using mugwort leaves to boil water for drinking. In fact, the water boiled with mugwort leaves is rich in nutrients. It is a warm tonic. Not only that, you can also use mugwort leaves for bathing, which can prevent and treat many diseases. For example, it can achieve the effect of clearing away heat, detoxifying, disinfecting and sterilizing.

1. It can kill bacteria and disinfect: The substances contained in mugwort itself can kill bacteria and disinfect, so boiling water with dried mugwort can achieve the same effect. Many people use mugwort to boil water for bathing or fumigation, and some people use it to soak their feet, which can achieve the same effect.

2. It can dispel cold and stop bleeding: Mugwort itself is a warm tonic, so eating mugwort can dispel cold. If you catch a cold in winter, you can drink some mugwort water to remove the cold from your body and achieve a therapeutic effect. In addition, the effect of mugwort in warming the meridians and stopping bleeding is of great benefit to girls.

3. It can calm the mind: Some people will use mugwort leaves to boil water to soak their feet, which can not only activate the blood circulation, but also can calm the mind and improve the quality of sleep.

4. It can repel mosquitoes: There is a special fragrance in mugwort, which is the fragrance that mosquitoes are afraid of. Therefore, applying some mugwort water on the skin in summer can repel mosquitoes and avoid mosquito bites.

Mugwort is a very good thing, its main effects are:

1. For patients with coldness in the Chong and Ren meridians, irregular menstruation, cold and painful lower abdomen, and long-term infertility, it can be used in combination with Cyperus rotundus, Evodia rutaecarpa, Angelica sinensis, Cinnamon bark, etc. to dispel coldness, relieve pain, nourish blood and regulate menstruation.

2. For those who suffer from abdominal pain caused by cold after childbirth or navel pain and cold abdominal pain in the elderly, you can put cooked moxa in a cloth bag and apply it to the navel.

3. For those with persistent diarrhea caused by cold and dampness, it can be decocted together with dried ginger.

4. If the diarrhea is red and white with a lot of blood and the pain is unbearable, it must be used together with Coptis chinensis, costus root, nutmeg, etc. to clear away heat, promote qi circulation and relieve pain.

It is usually used after being dried. It cannot be used directly to make tea, but is mainly used to be brewed with boiling water and steamed to drive away the cold.

1. Repel mosquitoes

Mugwort has a special fragrance that can effectively repel mosquitoes. Light mugwort every night, the smoke it emits can repel mosquitoes; soak mugwort and calamus in water and use them to mop the floor; apply boiled mugwort water on your body; hang a dried mugwort stick in the room, all of which can repel mosquitoes, moths and insects.

2. Antiasthmatic and antitussive

Mugwort has the effects of suppressing cough, relieving asthma and removing phlegm, and can play a role in preventing and treating chronic bronchitis or asthma in the elderly.

3. Remove dampness and dissipate cold

Mugwort is bitter, pungent and warm in nature. It enters the spleen, liver and kidneys. It has the effect of dispelling cold and dampness. It can be used for rheumatoid arthritis, headache, menstrual wind, female coldness, etc.

4. Warming the meridians and stopping bleeding

Mugwort enters the liver and spleen meridians, the liver stores blood, and the spleen governs blood. Its pungent taste promotes the flow of qi and blood, warms the body and dispels cold, and its bitter taste can strengthen yin. It can warm qi and blood and warm the meridians, and has the function of warming the meridians and stopping bleeding. Therefore, it can be used to treat various bleeding diseases such as deficiency and cold.