The wonderful effects of mugwort on health
Mugwort has long been known as a medicinal herb with many health benefits and is commonly grown in Vietnamese family gardens.
Dr. Huynh Tan Vu, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital - Campus 3, said that mugwort is a vegetable with high medicinal properties. In folk medicine, mugwort is used in many remedies to treat common diseases, especially its good effects in stopping bleeding, regulating menstruation, treating headaches, diarrhea, bloating, etc. Mugwort is used as a daily vegetable by many families and is loved for its slightly bitter and aromatic taste. Below are some of the effects of mugwort.
Treatment of bone and joint diseases
Due to its warming properties, mugwort is commonly used in remedies for bone and joint diseases. The plant helps to 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 warming properties, the plant is used as an effective remedy to help relieve menstrual cramps and back pain. It is also a remedy to help regulate menstruation for those with irregular periods.
Helps beautify skin and relieve colds
Using dried mugwort leaves to boil water for foot soaking can speed up blood circulation, clear meridians, regulate yin and yang in the body, and ward off 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, shiny, and increasingly radiant.
Pregnancy protection effect
In folk medicine, mugwort is an effective remedy to support the treatment of cases of threatened miscarriage in pregnant women, helping to effectively maintain pregnancy. This remedy is also 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 for cases requiring quick and urgent first aid, especially cases of injuries, severed limbs, and snake bites.
Cure for physical weakness
Mugwort is known in folk medicine as an extremely effective tonic. The leaves of the plant combined with lotus seeds and red dates, 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.
Treat itching, hives
Mugwort essential oil has very good anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties, so it is used as an effective remedy to treat rashes, hives, pimples, etc. Fresh mugwort can be pureed and applied directly to rashes or pimples to effectively fight inflammation. You can also boil water to bathe to treat prickly heat and hives.
Treatment of upper respiratory tract diseases
Mugwort is also used in combination with other herbs such as grapefruit leaves and 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./.
