What solar terms does wormwood collect?

In rural areas of China, wormwood is very common and usually plays a great role in the Dragon Boat Festival. And will it spread in rural areas? Seven years of illness, three years of love? In fact, it probably means that wormwood with a growth cycle of more than three years has the best effect. Of course, the harvesting time of wormwood is also very particular in rural areas, and some old people in rural areas will listen to it when harvesting wormwood? Top three and bottom four? . In fact, it probably means that the first three days of the Dragon Boat Festival and then the last four days of the Dragon Boat Festival are actually the best time to harvest wormwood.

Some people may think that this is all feudal superstition in rural areas, but it actually has certain scientific truth. Generally speaking, wormwood can be harvested many times a year. The first harvest is usually in early June, and it can be harvested again in mid-July, and the third harvest is around the frost. The first harvest of wormwood was in early June, and the wormwood growing during this period contained the most abundant wormwood oil. From a scientific point of view, rural people follow suit? Top three and bottom four? Very scientific.

Around the Dragon Boat Festival, the yang of wormwood is the most vigorous, and these eight days are also the eight days of wormwood with the strongest traditional Chinese medicine in a year. Therefore, most people collectively plant wormwood around the Dragon Boat Festival to ward off evil spirits or use it as medicine. Experienced old people also have a saying that wormwood should be cut down before the sun rises. The wormwood in this period is also of the best quality.

Another thing to note is that villagers in the village generally choose to make wormwood into hay for long-term storage. At this time, wormwood must be dried in the sun, not in the shade, because continuous drying in the sun will accelerate the rapid evaporation of water in wormwood and ensure that the efficacy of wormwood will not be destroyed. At the same time, when picking wormwood, try not to pick dried or withered wormwood. There will be a saying in the countryside that dried wormwood cannot ward off evil spirits. Here, another thing to note is that when you hang wormwood on the door, you must hang it upside down, not like us? Fu? The words are the same.