Uses and Benefits of Mugwort

Mugwort is a common Chinese herbal medicine. We also call it "Ecao" or "Xiangtai". Mugwort not only has good medicinal effects but can also be used as food. The edible value of mugwort is also very high. Eating mugwort regularly can play an anti-allergic and fetal stabilizing role. In addition, mugwort can also remove dampness and stop bleeding. Below we will give you a detailed introduction to the uses and effects of mugwort.

Effects of wormwood:

Mugwort is bitter, dry and pungent in nature. It can regulate qi and blood, warm the meridians, expel cold and dampness, and relieve cold pain. It is an important medicine for gynecology. It is used to treat cold pain in the abdomen, irregular menstruation, uterine cold and infertility, such as Ai Fu Nuan Gong Pills. Stir-fried charcoal can stop bleeding and can be used to treat excessive menstruation due to deficiency and cold, metrorrhagia, leukorrhea, and fetal bleeding during pregnancy, such as Jiao Ai Decoction. This product can be pounded into moxa sticks and moxa cones. External moxibustion can dispel cold, relieve pain, and warm Qi and blood. The decoction can be used for external washing to treat eczema, scabies, and eczema, and to relieve itching.

Regarding the properties of mugwort, "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Mugwort can cure all diseases." "Compendium of Materia Medica Congxin" says: "Mugwort is bitter and pungent, warm when raw, hot when cooked, and has a purely yang nature. It can restore the lost yang, connect the twelve meridians, run through the three yin meridians, regulate qi and blood, expel cold and dampness, warm the uterus... Using it for moxibustion can penetrate all meridians and cure all diseases." This shows that using mugwort as a moxibustion material has the effects of dredging blood vessels, eliminating yin and cold, reducing swelling and dispersing nodules, and restoring yang and rescuing from adverse conditions.

Effects of wormwood:

Mugwort has been used to prevent plague for thousands of years. Chinese herbal medicine can be obtained locally, and modern medical pharmacological research has shown that mugwort is a broad-spectrum antibacterial and antiviral drug. It has inhibitory and killing effects on many viruses and bacteria, and has a certain preventive and therapeutic effect on respiratory diseases. The method of fumigation with mugwort leaves for epidemic prevention is a simple and easy method of epidemic prevention.

Mugwort, also known as Artemisia selengensis and Artemisia argyi. Its stems and leaves contain volatile aromatic oils, which produce a unique fragrance that can repel mosquitoes, flies, insects and ants and purify the air. In traditional Chinese medicine, mugwort is often used as a medicine, which has the functions of regulating qi and blood, warming the uterus, and removing cold and dampness. In traditional Chinese acupuncture, the moxibustion method is to place "moxa wool" processed from mugwort leaves on acupuncture points and burn it to treat diseases.

In the above article, we introduced what mugwort is. We know that mugwort is not only medicinal but also has high edible value. Eating mugwort regularly is beneficial to our health. Mugwort has the effects of dispelling cold and inflammation, stopping bleeding and removing dampness. The above article introduces the uses and effects of mugwort in detail.