Cushion-dispelling old cold
Folium Artemisiae Argyi is warm and has the functions of dredging menstrual blood and dispelling cold. So you can put it in the cushion. When the human body is seated, the molecules of Artemisia argyi will penetrate the skin surface or enter acupuncture points, and directly act on the moisture-containing parts of the human body. When the drug volatilizes, it can accelerate blood circulation and play a role in promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. If you often have diarrhea, dysmenorrhea and yang deficiency, you can use Artemisia argyi to dredge meridians, and the Artemisia argyi pad is also very suitable for people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold.
Prevention of abdominal pouch diarrhea
When summer comes, many people sweat a lot when they sleep, resulting in excessive loss of body fluids. In addition, clothes or quilts will be lifted when sleeping at night, which will lead to navel wind and easily lead to diarrhea. Therefore, we can make a Chinese-style Chinese-style bellyband full of mugwort leaves, which can prevent catching cold when sleeping, improve the quality of sleep, not only prevent diarrhea, but also promote sleep.
Shoulder pad-relieve shoulder and neck pain
People who sit for a long time and expect to be in an air-conditioned room are most likely to cause shoulder and neck inflammation, which leads to muscle aches. When the shoulder and neck are in a hard state, they are more vulnerable to dampness. If Artemisia argyi leaves are placed in the shoulder pad, the molecules of Artemisia argyi leaves can act on the acupoints located in the shoulder and neck, such as Jianjing point and Dazhui point, which have the functions of dredging meridians and promoting blood circulation.
Soaking feet and removing dampness
Folium Artemisiae Argyi is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine that can replenish yang, so it can force water out of the body. If you can use Artemisia argyi leaves when sweating, you can stimulate the acupoints on the soles of your feet, promote blood circulation in your body, and let the damp-evil qi be metabolized out of your body in the form of sweating. In the field of traditional Chinese medicine, cold begins at the sole of the foot, and the part farthest from the heart is more vulnerable to moisture invasion. Therefore, soaking feet with mugwort leaves before going to bed every night can discharge a lot of moisture.
Especially for women, soaking feet with mugwort leaves can relieve dysmenorrhea and balance yin and yang in the body. As soon as the yang is supplemented, the qi and blood will naturally flow smoothly, and mugwort leaves soaking feet are also suitable for people with deficiency fire in the body. If spleen deficiency occurs, it will lead to excessive fire, causing bleeding and swelling of gums, sore throat, oral ulcer and other symptoms.
If athlete's foot or fingers and toes always blister and itch, it means that heat poison invades the body surface, leaving hands and feet in a humid and sultry environment, which also provides living space for fungi. Folium Artemisiae Argyi has heat dissipation and anti-inflammatory effects, which can relieve foot fatigue and disinfect at the same time. Soaking feet before going to bed helps to promote sleep and get rid of the discomfort of insomnia, dreaminess and physical drowsiness.
Although soaking feet with mugwort leaves helps to remove moisture, it is not suitable for soaking feet every day, otherwise it will easily lead to dizziness and headache due to insufficient blood supply. In addition, the time for soaking feet should be controlled at about 20 minutes. If you stay too long and sweat too much, people will feel tired and sleepy.
Damp-removing moxibustion
Moxibustion is a characteristic therapy of traditional Chinese medicine. Its main function is to accelerate metabolism, activate viscera function, actively mobilize cells and enhance human immunity. In addition, it can also help the parts with abnormally high hormones to adjust and return to the normal range, so that the human body can achieve a harmonious state of yin and yang balance. Moxibustion can also improve the production of hormones on the kidney, and strengthen the body resistance and eliminate evil spirits.
Moxibustion is to dry folium Artemisiae Argyi and then roll it into moxa sticks. The method of burning moxa sticks to stimulate specific acupoints to remove dampness is called moxibustion, which increases the reaction of deep meridians through heat conduction and mobilizes qi and blood in the body. When qi and blood flow smoothly, congestion and blood clots will be impacted, so as to achieve the function of eliminating dampness and health care through blood flow metabolism. Common acupoints for eliminating dampness are as follows:
Zusanli point
The acupoint is located at three places outside the knee, and has the functions of strengthening the spleen and promoting diuresis. After the moxa stick is lit, it is hung 2-3 cm above the skin. When the skin turns red due to heat, it can move and rotate around the acupoint, and then expand the action area to 2-3cm outside the acupoint, and the whole fumigation process is suitable for about 20 minutes.
Fenglong point
This acupoint can communicate the stomach meridian and the spleen meridian, which can be said to be the blood of the two meridians and a way to strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach. Spleen and stomach is an important part of qi and blood circulation and the source of food metabolism and transportation. The reason why moisture can be metabolized out of the body requires the transport of the spleen and stomach. The running time of these two meridians is 7-9 am. If moxibustion is carried out at this point during this time period, it can stimulate the blood circulation in the stomach and relieve the discomfort in the stomach.
Acupoint selection method: take the knee and lateral ankle as the midpoint of a straight line, and then parallel the two fingers to the bottom of the key. When you press it, you will feel sore and swollen, which is where the acupoints are.
Often in the study
This acupoint is also closely related to the spleen and stomach. If you often feel stomach discomfort, loss of appetite, abdominal distension and diarrhea, you can moxibustion this point for 15 minutes every day, and you can obviously feel a lot of stomach discomfort after a period of time. Acupoint conditioning of moxibustion can also play a role in dehumidification, because Zhongwan point is located at the midpoint of sternum and navel, and moxibustion can dispel dampness and strengthen spleen and regulate stomach qi at this temperature.
In addition, moxibustion can also enhance human immunity. Take Staphylococcus aureus as an example, which easily invades human nasal mucosa, oral mucosa and wounds in various parts. If pathogens increase, their toxins can directly endanger human health. Moxibustion can mobilize white blood cells to reach the place where Staphylococcus aureus is located, and make immune cells move into lymphoid tissue through peripheral thermal circulation, which can enhance immune response and enhance the phagocytosis of macrophages.
Although the use of mugwort leaves has many benefits, patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases should stop using mugwort leaves immediately if they feel dizzy and chest tightness when using them for foot soaking or moxibustion. People with low blood pressure also need to pay attention to insufficient blood supply to the brain to avoid blood pressure fluctuations. In addition, people with excessive fire due to yin deficiency and women during menstruation, pregnancy and lactation should not use mugwort leaves to avoid yin deficiency and malnutrition.