What are the effects and functions of Qi Artemisia argyi?

Mugwort mainly grows in the southern region. This plant can be seen almost everywhere, especially in Guilin, Guangxi. Mugwort has even become an indispensable dish on people’s tables. The main thing is to eat rice wrapped directly with mugwort. In ancient times, mugwort also played a miraculous role in curing diseases and effectively preventing plague, so it is a traditional Chinese medicinal material. So, what are the effects and functions of Qi Aiye?

Main Value

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.

Nature and flavor

Mugwort is bitter, spicy and warm in nature. It enters the liver, spleen and kidney meridians. It is bitter, dry, pungent and dispersing, and can regulate qi and blood, warm the meridians, expel cold and dampness, and relieve cold pain. It is an important gynecological medicine. 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.

usage

1. Mugwort leaves are pungent and bitter in taste, warm in nature; they enter the spleen, liver, and kidney meridians; they are aromatic, warm, and can rise or fall;

2. It has the effects of warming the meridians and stopping bleeding, dispelling cold and relieving pain, reducing dampness and killing insects;

3. It is mainly used to treat irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, infertility due to cold uterus, restless fetal movement, cold pain in the heart and abdomen, hematemesis, epistaxis, hemoptysis, bloody stool, metrorrhagia, bleeding during pregnancy, diarrhea, chronic dysentery, leucorrhea, eczema, scabies, carbuncle, and hemorrhoids. Moxibustion can cure all diseases.

1. For patients with coldness in the Chong and Ren meridians, irregular menstruation, cold and painful lower abdomen, and long-term infertility, it can be used in combination with Cyperus rotundus, Evodia rutaecarpa, Angelica sinensis, Cinnamon bark, etc. to dispel coldness, relieve pain, nourish blood and regulate menstruation.

2. For those who suffer from abdominal pain caused by cold after childbirth or navel pain and cold abdominal pain in the elderly, you can put cooked moxa in a cloth bag and apply it to the navel.

3. For those with persistent diarrhea caused by cold and dampness, it can be decocted together with dried ginger.

4. If the diarrhea is red and white with a lot of blood and the pain is unbearable, it must be used together with Coptis chinensis, costus root, nutmeg, etc. to clear away heat, promote qi circulation and relieve pain.

People with yin deficiency and blood heat should be cautious when consuming mugwort. Mugwort has inhibitory and killing effects on many viruses and bacteria, and has a certain preventive and therapeutic effect on respiratory diseases.