Artemisia wormwood details of efficacy and application

Artemisia argyi, also known as mugwort, is a wild vegetable and a traditional Chinese medicine. Southerners often eat it, while northerners generally use it more for medicinal purposes.

Artemisia argyi is bitter, pungent and warm in nature and enters the spleen, liver and kidney meridians. It can dispel cold and dehumidify, warm the meridian and stop bleeding.

Artemisia argyi is suitable for deficiency-cold bleeding and abdominal pain. It has a strong medicinal effect on women with deficiency-cold, irregular menstruation, abdominal pain and metrorrhagia. It is a good medicine for gynecology.

Argy wormwood effects

1. Improve immunity

Mugwort leaves can significantly increase the content of specific immunoglobulin A in human nasal secretions, and regular bathing with mugwort leaves can also enhance human immunity. Mugwort fire moxibustion, also known as moxibustion, is to use the medicinal effect and warm stimulation emitted by the leaves of wormwood to burn specific acupoints, so as to achieve the effect of health preservation and healing.

2. The treatment of various gynecological diseases and acute and chronic inflammation.

Wormwood is most commonly used in gynecology. In traditional Chinese medicine, wormwood is a warm medicinal material with acrid and bitter taste. It can cure common gynecological diseases such as hemoptysis, hematemesis, blood in the stool, metrorrhagia and fetal movement restlessness. In addition to these effects, wormwood can also treat rheumatoid arthritis, bronchitis, cold diarrhea, and inflammations such as enteritis and cystitis.

3. To regulate menstruation, stop metrorrhagia and stop bleeding, dispel dampness and dispel cold.

4. Kill and inhibit a variety of pathogenic bacteria.

There are many volatile oil components in mugwort leaves, which can inhibit or kill a variety of bacteria. When the leaves of mugwort burn, it can not only act on the bacteria in the surrounding environment, but also act on the bacteria in the mouth and nose through inhalation, and form a micro-membrane barrier to prevent bacterial invasion.

Artemisia absinthium application

1. The stems and leaves of wormwood contain volatile aromatic oils. The unique fragrance it produces can repel mosquitoes, flies, insects, and purify the air.

2. Mugwort foot soak

Artemisia argyi has the functions of regulating qi and blood, dispelling cold and dampness, warming the meridians, and hemostasis. For many female friends who are in the menstrual period, mugwort foot soaking is a good choice to restore the body.

Mugwort foot soaking can promote blood circulation and expel dampness and cold in the body; it can remove foot odor, beriberi, and improve foot sweating; it is beneficial to relieve and improve diseases such as bronchitis and rheumatoid; treat oral ulcers, sore throat, gums Inflammation and other symptoms related to virtual fire and cold fire.

Practice:

a. Prepare 50 grams of fresh mugwort leaves, or 30 grams if it is sun-dried mugwort leaves;

b. Add 1500 ml of water to boil;

c. After boiling, let the water boil for about 15 minutes, then remove the mugwort leaves and pour the water into a bucket.

But it should be noted that let the mugwort water cool naturally, do not mix cold water into it. You can soak your feet directly when the water temperature drops to 45°C. If the water becomes cold during the soaking process, you can add mugwort leaf water and heat it repeatedly.

The worst thing to avoid when soaking feet in mugwort is cold, so it is best not to soak your feet in an open place, and you should also pay attention to keeping warm. In addition, you must not soak your feet with mugwort leaves every day, 2 to 3 times a week is appropriate, and the time of each soaking needs to be kept at about 20 minutes. It is best to soak before going to bed at night, which will help you warm your feet and promote sleep.

It's okay for pregnant women to soak once in a while, but it's best to consult your healthcare practitioner just in case.

3. Making moxa velvet and moxa sticks

Moxa velvet is a natural processed product of wormwood, moxa velvet is the raw material for making moxa sticks, and it is also the main material used in moxibustion. Its main functions are: clearing the meridians and activating collaterals, warming the meridians to stop bleeding, dispelling cold and relieving pain, and maintaining health care.

Moxibustion is a health preservation method that has been quietly popular in modern families in recent years. The moxa heat generated by moxibustion materials stimulates acupoints or specific parts on the body surface, and regulates the physiological functions of human body disorders by stimulating the activities of meridian qi, so as to achieve healing. the purpose of disease prevention.

Moxa velvet and moxa sticks are widely used in acupuncture and moxibustion for professional medical staff to treat patients with moxibustion alone or in combination with acupuncture for better results.

Note: The use of moxa velvet and moxa sticks is highly professional, and acupoints need to be selected according to the physical constitution. It is recommended to go to the acupuncture department of the hospital for professional treatment.

4. During the confinement period, mothers can ask their family members to help wash their hair and bathe with mugwort leaves boiled water, which has the functions of regulating qi and blood, eliminating cold and dampness, hemostasis, sleeping, and warming the meridians. Using mugwort leaves as a medicine pillow or fumigation can also prevent diseases.