How to make moxa sticks from mugwort

Moxibustion health care has become the pursuit of contemporary people, mainly because moxa sticks have many functions, such as killing bacteria and inhibiting bacteria, purifying the air, and pregnant women can use moxa sticks to stabilize the fetus. However, with the popularity of moxa stick health care, there are many moxa sticks on the market. If you choose improperly, it is easy to choose inferior moxa sticks, which will not only affect your health, but also bring bad results. So how to make moxa sticks from wormwood?

Many people see that Artemisia mugwort and mugwort have different names, so they think they are not the same species. In fact, Artemisia mugwort and mugwort leaves are both mugwort! The names are different in each place. For example, many people in other places call mugwort leaves artemisia mugwort, while some places call it mugwort.

Mugwort and Artemisia argyi are the same, but mugwort and Artemisia argyi are different. Artemisia is not the same as wormwood, but wormwood leaves!

Both wormwood and mugwort grow in fields or forests. The mugwort picking season is usually during the Dragon Boat Festival, while wormwood usually stops growing in March and April.

In fact, the difference between mugwort and wormwood is the height and shape.

By the time the mugwort leaves grow to be more than one meter tall around the Dragon Boat Festival, on the other hand, wormwood will only be about 10 to 20 centimeters long no matter how it grows, so they are easy to distinguish.

Is there any way to use wormwood instead of mugwort leaves to make moxa sticks?

In fact, friends who can think of this kind of question may really not understand why mugwort must be used to make moxa sticks? Because moxa fluff can be extracted from mugwort leaves, which is irreplaceable. Can moxa fluff be extracted by changing to any other kind of wormwood? Mugwort leaves have the best fluff yield, and real manufacturers will not use other substitutes, so friends who don’t understand should learn more about it. In addition, Artemisia is only a dozen centimeters tall and its leaves are small. If it is collected manually, how much Artemisia is needed to make one kilogram? Is there anyone who would do such a thankless task? I guess not.

So don't worry anymore, mugwort and wormwood are the same, only wormwood leaf and wormwood are different, wormwood leaf is wormwood!