Does inserting mugwort leaves add fragrance?

Nowadays, people pay more and more attention to health preservation. Many people often use mugwort to refresh the air. Mugwort also has many functions, especially it has a good effect on preventing some skin diseases. However, many people do not have a thorough understanding of mugwort. They only know that mugwort has the effect of fragrance, but know nothing about other effects. Let me give you a detailed introduction to the effects of mugwort!

Inserting mugwort leaves in front of doors during the Dragon Boat Festival, like inserting dogwood during the Double Ninth Festival, is a long-standing custom in my country and is still practiced in many rural areas. The ancients had a scientific understanding of the mechanism of inserting mugwort during the Dragon Boat Festival, believing that "hanging mugwort on the door can ward off poisonous gases."

Fan Chengda, a Jin Dynasty poet, wrote in his poem "Song of Bamboo Leaves": "On the fifth day of May, the mist clears and boats compete to see the sunset at the South Gate." This is a popular explanation of picking mugwort during the Dragon Boat Festival. This is the time between Grain Full and Summer Solstice, when Yin and Yang meet, and when many infectious diseases are prone to occur.

Preventing disease is a top priority. It happened that the mugwort flowers in nature had not yet bloomed but their branches and leaves were lush, so their effective medicinal ingredients were fully utilized by the people. From this we can see that the custom of picking and inserting mugwort during the Dragon Boat Festival also makes sense from a hygiene point of view.

No wonder some people say that the Dragon Boat Festival is also a health festival in ancient my country.

Artemisia is a plant of the Asteraceae family and was first seen in the Book of Songs. It is warm in nature, bitter and pungent in taste. When used raw, it can warm and unclog the meridians, expel cold and dampness and stop cold pain. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says that it can "warm the middle, expel cold and remove dampness."

It is used for coldness in the lower abdomen, cold pain in the abdomen, irregular menstruation, abdominal pain during menstruation, etc. It is often used in combination with Angelica sinensis and Cyperus rotundus. Using the decoction for external washing alone can treat skin eczema and itching. The moxa wool can be made into moxa sticks and used for moxibustion, which can infuse heat into the body and warm the body, allowing qi and blood to penetrate the meridians.

During the SARS epidemic, many families in our province burned moxa sticks to fumigate their rooms, and the effect was very obvious.

Lighting moxa leaves or moxa sticks can not only prevent colds, but also has a good effect on some diseases, such as regulating irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, etc. In addition, moxa sticks can be used for moxibustion, which can effectively remove the coldness from the body. It is a very good health-preserving method. By reading the text above, you will find that moxa leaves do have many functions.