What are the benefits of drinking wormwood soaked in water

Around the Dragon Boat Festival, mugwort is ripe. Many families will pick some mugwort and use it to wash their feet and faces, because mugwort has the effect of repelling mosquitoes. Not only that, soaking feet with mugwort can also achieve the effect of promoting blood circulation, which is also good for the kidneys. Some people even dry the mugwort and use it to soak in water. So what are the benefits of soaking mugwort in water?

Mugwort is also known as Xiaomao, Bingtai, Ecao, Xiangai, Qi Ai, and Aixiao. Perennial herb or slightly semi-shrub, the plant has a strong aroma. It is usually used at home to repel insects and odors.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that mugwort is bitter and warm in nature. After taking it, it has the effect of warming the meridians and stopping bleeding, as well as dispelling cold and relieving pain. If women have continuous bleeding or irregular menstruation, they can also soak mugwort in water and drink it, which effectively promotes the body's recovery. In addition, it can help women who are pregnant to maintain their pregnancy after taking it. It can also be used to fight bacteria and viruses and treat various skin itching conditions.

Taking some mugwort leaves scientifically in daily life, or drinking mugwort leaves soaked in water, can regulate qi and blood and enhance physical fitness. If you have problems such as dizziness, headache, and eczema, you can also use mugwort leaves to promote your body's recovery.

Drinking mugwort tea can also help relieve gastrointestinal diseases and treat constipation. The specific method is: wash the dry moxa leaves and put them in a teacup, pour in boiling water and brew it as tea. If you are afraid of bitterness, you can add a little rock sugar and brew it several times a day. Using this method, you can see obvious therapeutic effects after half a month.

The reason why drinking mugwort soaked in water has many benefits is that it contains a variety of effective ingredients. First of all, mugwort contains unique volatile oil components, such as phellandrene, thujaseene, thuja alcohol, etc. It also contains tannins, vitamin A, vitamin B, etc., which have the effects of expectorant, cough relief, and asthma relief. Modern medical research shows that the benefits of drinking mugwort tea include inhibiting typhoid bacillus, dysentery bacillus, pneumococcus, Staphylococcus aureus, diphtheria bacillus and certain fungi.

In addition to its medicinal value, mugwort is also widely used in daily life. In many places in our country, when the Dragon Boat Festival comes, every household will hang mugwort leaves on the door and soak them in water before taking a bath. This can effectively expel toxins and bad luck from the body and make the body healthier.

In fact, mugwort is not only used by soaking in water. It can also be used for moxibustion or made into various pillows, which have good health benefits for the body.