Description

When nature can speak, mugwort leaves tell good stories

What is mugwort?

Mugwort is a type of wild grass that grows in many areas in the North of Vietnam. It is often used as a daily dish and appears in many folk remedies. Mugwort is also known as rau ngai, ngai diep.

Characteristics

Mugwort is a grass, mature plants can be 0.4 – 1m tall, belonging to the daisy family. The plant has the ability to live for many years, growing wild, so many places consider it a weed that needs to be eradicated. The leaves are green, the underside has a layer of white velvet hairs, growing in a row. The plant has a characteristic aroma, the leaves contain essential oils.

Ingredients

Mugwort leaves contain a relatively large amount of essential oils. The main ingredients are monoterpenes, tetradecatrilin, dehydromatricaria ester, tricosanol, rachel alcohol and some other substances. In folk medicine, mugwort is used a lot in remedies to treat common diseases. Especially good for stopping bleeding, regulating menstruation, treating headaches, diarrhea, bloating, etc. Gotu kola is used as a daily vegetable by many families and is loved for its slightly bitter and aromatic taste.

The effects of mugwort in folk medicine

Treating bone and joint diseases

Because of its warm properties, mugwort is commonly used in remedies for treating bone and joint diseases. The plant helps circulate blood, increase blood circulation, is good for the bone and joint system, reduces pain, and is anti-inflammatory, especially for people with spinal spurs and rheumatism. You can pound mugwort to get the juice mixed with honey to drink or crush it to make a poultice.

Support menstrual regulation

With its warm properties, mugwort is used as an effective remedy to help reduce menstrual cramps and back pain. It is also a remedy to help regulate menstruation for people with irregular menstrual periods.

Helps beautify the skin, relieve colds

Using dried mugwort leaves to boil water to soak your feet can speed up the process of blood circulation, clear the meridians, regulate yin and yang in the body, and relieve colds.

In addition, soaking your feet in mugwort leaves helps push the cold air out of your body. Thanks to that, you will look more vibrant, your facial skin will become rosy and shiny, and more and more radiant.

Pregnancy-preserving effect

In folk medicine, mugwort is an effective remedy to support the treatment of cases of pregnant women at risk of miscarriage, helping to effectively preserve the pregnancy. This is also a remedy applied to women with cold uterus, difficulty in conceiving. However, this remedy is only effective when used in the right dosage and combined with some other herbs to increase the medicinal properties of mugwort.

Helps stop bleeding

The ingredients in mugwort have good effects in stopping bleeding, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, and pain relief. Therefore, this is an effective remedy applied to cases that require quick and urgent first aid, especially cases of injuries, severed limbs, and snake bites.

Treatment of physical weakness

Mugwort is known in folk medicine as an extremely effective tonic. The leaves of the plant combined with lotus seeds and red apples, used to stew black chicken, is a great tonic dish that helps clear the blood, treat loss of appetite, and physical weakness in people who have just recovered from illness or have been ill for a long time.

Treatment of rashes and hives

Mugwort essential oil has very good anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties, so it is used as an effective remedy, effective in treating rashes, hives, pimples, etc. Fresh mugwort can be pureed and applied directly to itchy rashes or pimples to effectively fight inflammation. You can also boil it to get bath water to treat prickly heat and hives.

Treating upper respiratory tract diseases

Mugwort is also used in combination with other herbs such as grapefruit leaves, eucalyptus, to treat colds, dry coughs, and sore throats. Drinking boiled water or steaming with mugwort is very good for these cases.

Mugwort is good for the body, but people need to consult a doctor before using it as medicine to avoid harming their health.

Some notes when using mugwort

Mugwort is known to have many health benefits and cure diseases. However, using it in daily life as well as using it as medicine requires caution. Folklore also points out that if you use too much mugwort, it can lead to poisoning. Or if used incorrectly, it can have the opposite effect. Therefore, when using mugwort, you need to pay attention to the following:

• Do not use too much mugwort, each time you should only eat a maximum of 5 tips, and do not eat more than 3 times a week.
• Pregnant people or those who have had a miscarriage or premature birth should not eat it.
• Breastfeeding women should also not use mugwort daily.
• Do not use mugwort as medicine in combination with drugs to treat depression, diabetes, anticoagulants, cancer, antibacterials, etc., as this will cause interactions and counterproductive effects.
• Be very careful when using mugwort with people who are sensitive to herbs.
• Do not use mugwort for a long time, more than 4 weeks.

Where to buy  Dried Mugwort at a good price and high quality?

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