Good food and medicine from mugwort

According to traditional medicine, mugwort has a bitter taste, aromatic smell, warm properties, used in the following cases: irregular menstruation, scabies, dermatitis, allergies, hepatitis, deworming, regulating blood circulation...

Mugwort is also known as medicine, mugwort leaf, ngai (Tay), qua su (Mong), and linh li grass (Thai). It is a perennial herb with alternate, pinnate leaves, the blades follow the stem to the base, attached to the stem like a sheath, the lobes are narrow lanceolate, pointed tip, dark green on the upper surface, and covered with white velvet hairs on the underside. The leaves at the top have flowers that are not split. Not only used as food, mugwort has been used in folk and Eastern medicine to treat diseases.

According to traditional medicine, mugwort has a bitter taste, aromatic smell, warm properties, and is used to treat the following cases: irregular menstruation in women, scabies, dermatitis, allergies, hepatitis, deworming, regulating blood, warming the menstrual cycle, stabilizing pregnancy, abdominal pain due to cold, vomiting, dysentery, etc.

Dish:

Mugwort soup with lean meat: Mince lean meat, marinate with spices, stir-fry, add water, boil and add mugwort. Boil the soup evenly, season to taste, eat hot. Used to treat women's diseases (irregular menstruation, vaginal discharge, abdominal pain due to cold...).

Mugwort is not only used as food but also as medicine.

Wormwood omelette: Take a handful of wormwood leaves, chop them finely, beat them with 1 egg, season to taste, pour into a pan and fry until cooked. This dish helps blood flow to the brain to treat headaches.

Mugwort porridge: 50g fresh mugwort leaves, 100g rice, enough brown sugar (can add more betel leaves). Chop the mugwort leaves, boil to get the water, then add rice and simmer until porridge is soft. When eating, add a moderate amount of sugar, eat hot. Divide into 2 meals, breakfast and lunch. Eat continuously for 3-5 days to help treat threatened miscarriage or reduce rheumatic pain.

Prescription:

Lesson 1: Regulating menstruation: One week before the expected period, take 6 - 12g (maximum 20g) each day, boil with water or soak in boiling water like tea, divide into 3 times to drink during the day. Can be taken in powder form (5 - 10g) or concentrated extract (1 - 4g).

Lesson 2: Treatment of physical weakness and poor appetite: Take 250g of mugwort, 2 pears, 20g of wolfberry, 10g of angelica, 1 350g black chicken, simmer in 0.5 liter of water until 250ml remains. Divide into 5 portions, eat all day. Continuously for 1 - 2 weeks.

Lesson 3: Treatment of flu, cough due to cold: Take 300g of mugwort, 100g of eucalyptus leaves, 100g of grapefruit leaves (or tangerine, lemon). Boil in 2 liters of water. Boil for 20 minutes, remove from heat, steam for 15 minutes. Do this continuously for 2-3 days and the disease will improve.

Lesson 4: Acne treatment: Crush fresh mugwort leaves, apply on face, leave for about 20 minutes, then wash face, do this continuously to make skin smooth and rosy white.

Note:Although mugwort has many uses in treating diseases, it should not be used too much because it contains toxic ingredients. When using mugwort leaves to make tea, you should only use about 3 - 5g dried (9 - 15g fresh) and use it in batches, stopping when the disease is cured. For women who need to use dishes with mugwort for nourishment or to stabilize the pregnancy... you should only use 3 - 5 small shoots (9 - 15g fresh), avoid overdose.

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