The harmful toxicity of mugwort

Although mugwort has many health benefits, if used too much it can cause poisoning, tremors, hallucinations, and neuritis.

Mugwort is both a medicinal plant and a delicious and nutritious food. Although mugwort has many health benefits, if used too much it can cause poisoning, tremors in the limbs, hallucinations, neuritis... Eating mugwort can also cause complications for people with hepatitis, pregnant women who eat mugwort can easily have a miscarriage,...

Overdose of mugwort causes over-excitement of the central nervous system, leading to trembling of the limbs, followed by local or general convulsions.

When pregnant, if women eat mugwort 1 to 2 times a week, it will not affect their health or the fetus, because mugwort does not stimulate the uterus.

It has the effect of soothing muscle pain, helping blood circulation, reducing abdominal pain and is used in some remedies for people with threatened miscarriage or repeated miscarriages.

However, some recent studies show that pregnant women who eat too much mugwort in the first three months of pregnancy will increase the risk of bleeding, uterine contractions, which can easily lead to miscarriage or premature birth. Therefore, pregnant women should pay attention when eating mugwort to avoid unfortunate situations.

The essential oil in mugwort is a medicinal ingredient, but it is also a toxic ingredient. If a person with hepatitis eats mugwort, the drug will enter the liver and cause metabolic disorders in liver cells, leading to acute hepatitis due to poisoning and jaundice hepatitis, causing the liver to enlarge, urine to be cloudy, and urine to contain bile (biliuria). Therefore, people with hepatitis should stay away from this dish.

Normal people, without illness, should not use mugwort decoction, as a regular drink, like tea. Mugwort eggs are a nutritious medicinal dish to improve health. You can eat 1-2 eggs/day stir-fried with mugwort while still hot. However, eating too many eggs is not good.

Although it is a nutritious food, not everyone can eat it to improve their health, such as people with kidney stones, coronary atherosclerosis... should limit eating eggs.

People who are recovering from illness, are still in poor health, the elderly, and women after giving birth, if they do not have the above-mentioned diseases, should eat one egg every other day.

One of the prominent effects of mugwort is to help the body increase urination, so it is considered an effective laxative. However, because of this effect, people with acute intestinal disorders need to stay away from mugwort, otherwise the disease will be difficult to control and will become more and more serious.

When using mugwort leaves to make tea, you should only use about 3-5g dry (9-15g fresh). You should only use it in batches, and stop when you are cured. For women who need to use "mugwort eggs" for nutrition or to prevent pregnancy, you should only use 3-5 small shoots (9-15g fresh), avoid overdose. You should stop the habit of asking restaurants for more mugwort.

According to Health and Life