Fumigating houses with moxa sticks has a long history in China.
It is recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica that Folium Artemisiae Argyi is a good Chinese medicine, which is nontoxic, can promote blood circulation, invigorate qi, relieve pain, dispel cold, sterilize and prevent colds.
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The main value of wormwood
First, the medicinal value.
1, wormwood has a close relationship with people's lives in China. Every Dragon Boat Festival, people always put wormwood at home to ward off evil spirits, and the dried plants are soaked in water to disinfect and relieve itching. Mothers often bathe or fumigate with wormwood water.
2. The whole herb is used as medicine, which has the functions of warming channels, promoting diuresis, dispelling cold, stopping bleeding, diminishing inflammation, relieving asthma, relieving cough, preventing miscarriage and resisting allergy. It is recorded in medical books of past dynasties as "the essential medicine for stopping bleeding", and it is one of the commonly used gynecological medicines, especially for treating gynecological diseases such as deficiency-cold type, chronic bronchitis, senile asthma, etc., and can prevent mother-to-child infection when boiling water and taking a bath during puerperium.
3, medicinal pillows, vests, prevention and treatment of chronic bronchitis or asthma in the elderly and stomach pain due to deficiency cold; Artemisia argyi leaves are dried and mashed to make "moxa wool", which can be made into moxa sticks for moxibustion and can also be used as raw materials for "inkpad". In addition, whole grass is used as an insecticidal pesticide or smoked tobacco as a room disinfection and insecticide. Buds and seedlings are used as vegetables.
4, wormwood has the effect of regulating menstruation and stopping bleeding, preventing miscarriage and stopping collapse, dispelling cold and removing dampness. Treat menoxenia, dysmenorrhea, abdominal pain, abortion, and metrorrhagia, and radically treat rheumatic arthritis, head wind, and intra-monthly wind. Because it can cut ice to make it round and cure all diseases, it is the most commonly used medicine for doctors.
5. Modern experimental studies have proved that Artemisia argyi leaves have antibacterial and antiviral effects; Antiasthmatic, antitussive and expectorant effects; Hemostatic and anticoagulant effects; Sedative and antiallergic effects; Protect liver and gallbladder, etc.
6. wormwood can be used as recipes such as wormwood tea, wormwood soup and wormwood porridge to enhance the body's resistance to diseases. Wormwood has a special fragrance, which can repel mosquitoes and insects. Therefore, the ancients often hung wormwood in front of the door to ward off evil spirits and repel mosquitoes.
Second, eat
1, wormwood is also a good food. In the traditional food in the south of China, there is a kind of Ciba made of wormwood as the main raw material (see Ai Ai).
Before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, fresh wormwood and glutinous rice flour are mixed in a ratio of one to two, wrapped with peanuts, sesame seeds, sugar and other fillings (mung bean paste will be added in some areas), and then steamed. In the Dongjiang Valley of Guangdong Province, local people pick fresh leaves and buds of wormwood as vegetables in winter and spring.
2. Every year in early spring, Hakka people in Ganzhou have the custom of collecting wormwood to make mugwort. Amigo is a bit like jiaozi in shape, but it is bigger and has stuffing inside. It's delicious and can be used as a staple food.
Third, dyes
Can be used as natural plant dyes. Wormwood dyeing also has a functional effect.
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