The tradition of wormwood bathing

Bathing with Folium Artemisiae Argyi can prevent boils, sores and miliaria in spring and summer, treat eczema and quickly relieve skin itching. "wormwood bath" has the effects of dispelling cold, dehumidifying, sterilizing, relieving itching, moistening skin, promoting blood circulation and dredging collaterals, so there is also a proverb that "washing wormwood bath for one year is good"

Wormwood bath refers to a method of bathing with wormwood decoction to dispel cold and detoxify. It is natural that wormwood smells delicious and can be played in various ways. It has also become an essential thing in the Dragon Boat Festival, and bathing wormwood has also become an important activity in the ancient Dragon Boat Festival.

Chinese people have the custom of hanging mugwort leaves, hanging calamus, sprinkling realgar and bathing mugwort leaves since ancient times, especially in many areas, newborns and parturients should also bathe with mugwort leaves water. These customs have been passed down to modern times. The sterilization and clean air of mugwort leaves have played a very good role in preventing the spread of diseases.

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The main value of wormwood:

1, medicinal: the whole herb is used as medicine, which has the functions of warming channels, eliminating dampness, 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 to stop bleeding" and is also one of the commonly used drugs in gynecology. It is especially suitable for gynecological diseases of deficiency-cold type, as well as chronic bronchitis and asthma in the elderly. It can be used for preventing mother-to-child transmission during boiling water and bathing in puerperium, or making into pillow and medicated vest, and preventing and treating chronic bronchitis or asthma, deficiency cold and stomachache in the elderly.

2. Economy: drying and mashing folium Artemisiae Argyi to get "moxa", which can be made into moxa stick moxibustion and used as raw material of "inkpad". In addition, whole grass is used as an insecticidal pesticide or smoked tobacco as a room disinfection and insecticide. ? Artemisia argyi powder is dried and crushed, which is a high-quality feed additive for livestock and poultry. It can also be used as a natural plant dye.

3. Edible: Buds and seedlings are used as vegetables.

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