Do you know what the old people in the countryside are doing with wormwood?

It is often said"Tomb sweeping day, Dragon Boat Festival"The Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth lunar month of the year, when the temperature is higher, mosquitoes, flies are infested, and various infectious diseases appear one after another"Wellness Day"。Artemisia is also called"Wormwood", there is a strong fragrance, igniting dried wormwood, smoky fire, mosquitoes are not close, then you can be calm. In addition, soaking dried wormwood in water or fumigation can disinfect and dehumidify and relieve itching.

Wormwood has the effects of warming menstruation and stopping bleeding, dissipating cold and relieving pain, anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, and external use to dispel dampness and relieve itching. Nowadays, people are paying more and more attention to the medicinal properties of wormwood. Soaking your feet in dried mugwort leaves can promote the blood circulation of the human body, expel the dampness and cold in the body, and regulate yin and yang.

Mugwort leaf foot soaking can relax muscles, promote blood circulation, moxa sticks have a good effect on women's uterine cold, these effects seem to be well known. These are medicinal, I don't know if you've ever eaten wormwood. In the spring, when the wormwood first sprouted, I went to the mountains to pinch the sprouts of the wormwood and make soup at home.

You can also wash the wormwood sprouts and control the dry water, then add white flour and a little salt, stir well, and make wormwood steamed out to eat. The moment the pot is opened, the whole room is filled with the sweet smell of wormwood.

Mugwort has the effect of dredging qi and blood, dehumidifying and driving away cold, can relieve a series of diseases such as dysmenorrhea and menstrual irregularities, the special aroma of mugwort contains elements of fetal analgesia and combing qi and blood, which can promote the health of pregnant women and fetuses, and can achieve the effect of fetal protection and pain relief. Wormwood contains bronchorelaxants, which can act as a cough relieve, asthma, and relieve cough symptoms. Wormwood contains substances that promote blood circulation and ventilation, which can effectively prevent cramps.

Wormwood contains substances that accelerate platelet coagulation, which can play a role in hemostasis and disinfection, especially for uterine bleeding and menstrual irregularities. Wormwood has a lot of effects, grass can be used as traditional Chinese medicine, such as stopping bleeding, stabilizing the fetus, chasing cold and dampness, dysentery, menstrual irregularities, can also be eaten as a dish, in addition, people who drink a lot, are tired, collapse to the ground, drink a bowl of wormwood soup, and after a while will be sober and can go home on their own.

The common wormwood in the countryside is a traditional Chinese medicine, which can promote athlete's foot, promote blood circulation, and some other diseases. You can soak your feet in wormwood, or use it for cooking, or you can use it to compress your stomach.

Wormwood can relieve muscle fatigue, play a role in repelling insects and mosquitoes, and can also remove moisture in the body, calm the nerves, ** insomnia and other hysteria. After drying, it should be added to the foot soaking bucket or sewn the dried wormwood into the sachet that you carry with you.

Wormwood has the effects of warming menstruation and stopping bleeding, driving away cold and dampness, relieving cough and asthma, etc., wormwood is a plant with more medical value; It can be combined with eggs, flour, etc., to make wormwood flour pies; It can also be used to boil eggs, make soup, etc., and there are many ways to eat it.

Wormwood is a semi-shrub-like plant that has a certain aroma in itself. Nowadays, it is common to see some elderly people in rural areas burning wormwood at home, but they don't understand why. In fact, as long as we combine the effects of wormwood, we can understand.

Wormwood itself has a certain aroma and can be used to repel mosquitoes, especially in summer, and you don't need to light mosquito coils to burn a few wormwoods. In addition, wormwood has many functions, such as making pillows or boiling eggs, which are very good.

1. Dispel mosquitoes2. Wormwood boiled eggs cure coldsWhen I was a child, I was not in particularly good health and was very prone to illness. When you have a cold or fever, your nose will not breathe and you will feel very uncomfortable. At this time, the family will use wormwood to boil eggs, and when you smell wormwood, your nose will feel better.

After eating boiled eggs with wormwood, the body recovered quickly. Wormwood itself has the effect of clearing heat and dissipating fire, although it is not very tasty, but it can be used to cook things. Many regions have the custom of boiling eggs with wormwood during the Dragon Boat Festival.

And wormwood itself has medicinal value, and it is also very good to soak your feet.

3. Wormwood to make pillowsIn fact, wormwood is what we often call wormwood leaves, which not only has medicinal value, but also has many uses in life, such as the mosquito repellent mentioned above. In addition to insect repellent, we can also use mugwort leaves to make pillows. Pillows made of mugwort leaves can effectively promote sleep and improve our sleep quality, which has great benefits for the body.

When making it, pay attention to the drying of mugwort leaves.

The old people in the family like to burn wormwood, the main reason is to use this smell to drive away some insects, mosquitoes, especially in the countryside there are a lot of rats, cockroaches and other things, with wormwood can be used to drive away.

It can repel mosquitoes, especially in seasons like summer, wormwood can also remove moisture, which has a good effect on indoor space and will not make the wall peel.

When I was in my hometown, my grandmother often burned wormwood, and hung wormwood at the door of the house, so that there would be no insects and ants at the door.

The Dragon Boat Festival in the fifth month of the lunar calendar is the time of the year when the summer is high, the yang energy is at its peak, and diseases are frequent. Folklore believes that on this day, it is also the day when the herbs and trees have the strongest medicinal properties of the year.

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the ancients usually brought back a variety of famous flowers and plants when they returned, and everyone competed with each other, with many kinds of flowers and plants, and rare varieties as the winner, which is called "fighting a hundred grasses", and it is said that flower arrangement became popular at that time.

During the Dragon Boat Festival, the folk will also commemorate a poet - Qu Yuan, who also has a deep relationship with vanilla. In "Lisao", he wrote the poem "Su Qiulan thinks I admire", praising the gentleman who is as noble as an orchid. The Chu people wear vanilla all day long to remind themselves to become a person of high moral character.

Wormwood has many effects. The ancients liked to wear wormwood on themselves. Therefore, I will make all kinds of wormwood supplies.

1.Wormwood balm——Alleviate mosquito bites, **inflammation, can be aromatic, open and refresh.

Formula: Wild wormwood oil, calamus oil, menthol.

Why is the paste blue?

The wormwood grown in different origins is different, and the growing environment, climate, soil, moisture, and air all affect its quality. There is an ingredient in wormwood called "chamomile rings", and this aromatic ingredient is the reason for its blue color. Only wormwood, which is special in the wild, has this ingredient and can contain up to 28%.

How to use this balm? Because it is an ointment, please do not put it in a close-fitting pocket, but can put it in a bag. In case of itching or mosquito bites, it can be applied topically.

It is better to put it in the refrigerator and has a soothing effect on sunburn. Note that although it is a natural material, it also needs to be allergically tested, apply it to the wrist before use, and it can be used safely without allergic symptoms within half an hour.

2.Mugwort herbal soap——In the Dragon Boat Festival, it is suitable to take a medicinal bath, bath with herbal decoction water, remove filth, and prevent the occurrence of **summer** disease.

Wormwood is added to the soap, saving the trouble of boiling herbs. Our wormwood soap is made using cold soap technology and contains 30% olive oil, 10% green avocado oil, 20% sweet almond oil and five other oils.

3.Sachets

The incense powder has been prepared in the sachet, and the formula is: Atractylodes, wormwood, Chuanxiong, Angelica angelica, calamus, kaempfera, Jatamansi, spirit vanilla, borneol, cloves, cardamom, fennel, sandalwood, osmanthus, etc.

How to use the small bottle of spices:The compatibility of sachet powder generally needs to have a strong flavor and a very good fragrance. For example, sandalwood + cardamom, sandalwood belongs to the woody tone, has a honey and milky fragrance, and the fragrance is thick and strong, which can be used as a base spice; Cardamom is an excellent top note, with a mysterious oriental fragrance and a slight medicinal fragrance.

It can promote sleep, ward off cold, because wormwood has a special fragrance, can be made into pillows, can promote sleep, can also be boiled into juice, used in bathing, can remove red bumps on the body.

Wormwood has the effect of warding off evil spirits, and wormwood is inserted in front of the door of the Dragon Boat Festival. The distinctive smell of wormwood after burning can smoke away mosquitoes. Because wormwood is a traditional Chinese medicine ingredient, it has an anti-virus effect.

Section 1Boiled eggs and boiled water with mugwort leaves to drink, if your stomach is a little uncomfortable and flatulent, drink some mugwort leaf water immediately. Women eat more boiled eggs with mugwort leaves, which has the effect of warming menstruation and stopping bleeding for female friends.

Section 2Use mugwort leaves to smoke the room for disinfection, the weather in the south is very humid, and there are many bacteria in the room, and the room can be smoked for half an hour with mugwort leaves, which can have a good sterilization effect.

Article 3Bathing and soaking feet with mugwort leaf water, both adults and children can use it to wash bubbles. Artemisia leaves have the effect of sterilizing and relieving itching, and the newborn children here are bathed with mugwort leaf water.

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