​The efficacy and function of wild mugwort

Mugwort, also known as Artemisia argyi, includes two types: wild mugwort and domestic mugwort. What we see more often in our daily lives are domestic mugworts, which are artificially cultivated. Wild mugwort, as a medicinal material, is a very important health product in life. It can be dried and made into moxa sticks for medical use. Wild mugwort has many beneficial effects and functions on the human body. It can not only promote blood circulation and remove cold, but also treat flat warts.

1. The efficacy and function of wild wormwood

1. The efficacy of Artemisia argyi

Nature and flavor: bitter, pungent, warm.

Meridians: enters the spleen, liver, and kidney meridians.

Efficacy: Regulates qi and blood, expels cold and dampness; warms the meridians, stops bleeding, and stabilizes the fetus. It is used to treat cold pain in the heart and abdomen, diarrhea, convulsions, chronic dysentery, vomiting and epistaxis, bleeding, irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia, leucorrhea, fetal movement disorder, carbuncle, and scabies.

2. The efficacy of Artemisia argyi

1) Promote blood circulation and dispel cold

Activating blood circulation and dispelling cold is one of the important functions of wild mugwort. Usually, it can be used to support moxa sticks and then fumigated to the corresponding acupuncture points of the human body, which can achieve the important effect of dredging meridians and activating collaterals, promoting blood circulation, quickly expelling cold toxins from the body, and significantly improving people's symptoms of fear of cold.

2) Treatment of flat warts

Wild mugwort has a good therapeutic effect on human common warts and flat warts. When needed, you can collect fresh wild mugwort, crush them, extract the juice, and then apply and massage on the areas of the skin where warts grow. Stop when the affected skin becomes hot or slightly red. Twice a day is enough.

3) Treatment of infertility

Usually, after making wild mugwort into moxa sticks, put them into the abdomen near the navel and light them. The smoke from its burning will enter the meridians along the acupuncture points near the navel. It can have a good regulating effect on the female uterus and ovaries. Regular use can also treat female infertility and has certain benefits for female habitual abortion.

4) Treat dysmenorrhea

Mugwort has a significant therapeutic effect on female dysmenorrhea, and the therapeutic effect is particularly good. When women usually suffer from dysmenorrhea, they can take 30 grams of angelica, 15 grams of mugwort, and 60 grams of brown sugar, add them together with clear water and boil them. After boiling, take it three times while hot. The symptoms of dysmenorrhea can be significantly alleviated.

2. The efficacy and function of mugwort

In terms of the chemical composition of mugwort, in addition to the main ingredient volatile oil, it also contains tannins, flavonoids, alcohol, polysaccharides, trace elements and other organic components. These elements can effectively regulate the needs of the human body. Pharmacological research has found that mugwort has antibacterial, antiviral, antiasthmatic, antitussive, expectorant, anti-allergic, hemostatic and anticoagulant, and immune-enhancing effects. Mugwort is bitter, dry and pungent in nature, and has the effects of regulating qi and blood, warming the meridians and relieving pain. It is a good medicine for gynecological diseases. It can cure symptoms such as abdominal coldness and abdominal pain, irregular menstruation, uterine cold and infertility.