Can wormwood be eaten? How to eat it?

There are many ways to eat mugwort leaves. Here we introduce 10 ways to eat mugwort leaves and what effects they have. It should be noted that people with yin deficiency and blood heat should eat it with caution.

1. Mugwort cake. Preparation method: Make the mugwort leaves into a paste, and then use sticky rice flour to make mugwort cakes. The taste has a strong mugwort aroma and a small amount of bitterness, leaving a long aftertaste. Effect: It has the effect of beautifying the skin. It is an ideal snack for women during confinement. It also has a certain therapeutic effect on fever and colds.

2. Old hen mugwort leaf soup. Preparation: 1 free-range chicken, 15g mugwort leaves. Wash and slice the chicken, boil it with mugwort leaves and take it in 2 to 3 doses. Efficacy: replenishes Qi and blood, replenishes blood, strengthens the spleen and stomach, and calms the mind. It is suitable for women with Qi and blood deficiency who cannot absorb blood, resulting in excessive menstruation, palpitations, insomnia, cold pain in the lower abdomen, etc.

3. Sweet mugwort leaf soup. Preparation method: 15g mugwort leaves and 20g white sugar, boil them together into soup for consumption. Efficacy: Clears away heat and dampness, promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis. It is suitable for women with irritability during menstruation, burning and painful urine, dry mouth, bitter taste and bad breath, preference for cold water, constipation, red tongue with thin coating, rapid and weak pulse, etc.

4. Mugwort leaf and donkey-hide gelatin cake porridge. Preparation method: 20g donkey-hide gelatin cake, 10g dried wormwood leaves, and 1 teaspoon of old brown sugar. Boil the dried mugwort leaves in 3 bowls of cold water for 20 minutes, then pour in the medicinal juice. Mash the donkey-hide gelatin cake, add it to the medicine juice, cook until it is completely dissolved (stirring while cooking), add brown sugar and stir. Take it when menstrual flow is heavy. Twice a day is suitable.

5. Mugwort leaf meatballs. Method: Chop the pork and wormwood leaves separately, add appropriate amount of salt, ginger, chicken essence, cooking oil, custard powder, and eggs, stir, and then process into meatballs or pancakes in the usual way. You can boil, fry or steam it. Efficacy: Nourishes the stomach, calms the mind and aids sleep.

6. Mugwort leaf dumplings. Method: 1. Chop 300g of mugwort leaves; chop green onions, bean sprouts and water tofu appropriately. 2. Stir the above ingredients together and season with salt and chicken essence to make the filling. 3. Use the dough to wrap the dumplings into shape and cook or blanch them in water. Effect: Improve appetite.

7. Mugwort leaves, brown sugar and ginger water. Method: 5 slices of ginger, 5 red dates, 15g of wormwood leaves, appropriate amount of old brown sugar, decocted in water. Efficacy: Used for female menstrual pain.

8. Ginger, mugwort and raw eggs. Method: 15g slices of ginger, 10g of mugwort leaves, 2 eggs, add water and bring to a proper boil, then peel the eggs and put them in to cook, drink the juice and eat the eggs. Efficacy: Used for women with excessive menstruation.

9. Steam mugwort leaves with flour. Method: Remove the hard stems and dead branches from the fresh wormwood leaves, wash off the fine sand with water, then mix 1kg of wormwood leaves with 250g of flour, mix well and make sure all the wormwood leaves are covered with flour. Then put it in the steamer and steam for about 30 to 40 minutes before removing from the heat. The cooked mugwort leaves are grayish white and have no strong fragrant medicinal smell. Pour into a bowl and add in sesame oil, chili noodles, green onions, minced garlic and other ingredients. Efficacy: Strengthens the spleen, stimulates appetite and nourishes the stomach.

10. Mugwort leaf balls. Method: Chop the mugwort leaves, add appropriate amount of wheat flour, tap water and salt to make a batter, make mugwort leaf balls of appropriate size, and cook them in a pot. Efficacy: It can promote blood circulation, eliminate dampness and cold, activate blood circulation, and nourish the fetus. Especially the wormwood leaves around the Dragon Boat Festival, which are fresh and tender, and have the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, and improving appetite.