How to relieve cough and reduce phlegm with mugwort

We all know that mugwort leaves have many benefits and functions such as relaxing meridians and promoting blood circulation, dispelling cold and relieving pain, and can be used for hot water foot baths and baths. Can mugwort leaves cure cough? Can wormwood leaves disinfect and sterilize?

Can mugwort leaves cure cough?

It may not be effective, but it may be effective for colds. Mugwort leaves taste slightly bitter and are damp and hot in nature. They have the effects of relaxing the meridians and promoting blood circulation, dispelling cold and relieving pain. From this point of view, mugwort leaves have no effect on curing coughs. However, mugwort leaves can dispel cold. If the fever, cold and cough are caused by cold, then drinking mugwort water or soaking your feet in mugwort leaves to remove the coldness from the body can be considered effective, but the effect is not obvious. Therefore, mugwort leaves cannot be used to treat coughs. It would be better to say that it can dispel coldness and maintain health.

Can wormwood leaves disinfect and sterilize?

It has certain disinfection and sterilization effects.

Modern medical clinical research shows that wormwood leaves have antibacterial and antiviral effects. They can be used for fumigation treatment of female genital itching. Wormwood leaves are also an important medicine in female gynecological medicine. Some patients with athlete's foot can also use wormwood leaves. Long-term and persistent use can alleviate problems such as athlete's foot and tinea pedis.

The main purpose of sterilization and disinfection of wormwood leaves

Urinary tract infection

If female friends do not maintain good hygiene during menstruation, or have unclean private life, etc., which may cause urethral infection, you can take wormwood leaves, hot polygonum, and salt plantain seeds, mix them into water and fumigate the private parts once in the morning, noon and evening, and it will be effective in about a week. However, you should pay attention to maintaining private hygiene to prevent reinfection.

Vaginitis

Boil dry wormwood leaves in tap water for about 15 minutes, filter the wormwood leaves, and then use the wormwood leaf soup to fumigate the vaginal private parts. Because the wormwood leaf decoction has the effect of sterilization, anti-inflammation and anti-itching, it is helpful for preventing vaginitis.

Vulvar itching

Vulvar itching causes a lot of trouble to women's daily life and work. If symptoms of vulvar itching occur, you can use 20 grams each of wormwood leaves and cnidium monnieri, 15 grams of phellodendron, and a small amount of pepper, boil them together into a medicinal soup, and then use it to wipe the itchy private parts. In addition to sterilizing and relieving itching, it also has a certain therapeutic and alleviating effect on vulvar eczema.

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The main reason for stinky feet is sweating on the feet, which causes excessive growth of bacteria (athlete's foot is a bacterial infection), especially in winter, when people wear thick cotton socks and the inside of boots is lined with fur, which has poor air permeability, making the feet smellier. The main use of wormwood leaves is to remove moisture and relieve itching, so it has a certain auxiliary effect in treating athlete's foot.