As a medicine, whole herb has the functions of warming channels, eliminating dampness, dispelling cold, stopping bleeding, diminishing inflammation, relieving asthma, relieving cough, preventing miscarriage and resisting allergy. Folium Artemisiae Argyi is dried and mashed to make "moxa", which can be made into moxa stick moxibustion or used as the raw material of "inkpad". In addition, the whole grass is used as an insecticide for killing insects or smoked tobacco is used as indoor disinfection and insecticide. Buds and seedlings are used as vegetables. Artemisia argyi powder is dried and crushed into Artemisia argyi powder, which is a high-quality feed additive for livestock and poultry. It can also be used as a natural plant dye.
Many people don't pay attention to the way of soaking feet with wormwood, but if the temperature, time and other factors are not well controlled, the actual effect of soaking feet is not very pleasant. The correct way should be: put a handful of wormwood in the pot, about 50g each, then add water to the pot, boil the water, and cook for10min. Finally, turn off the fire and pour it into the pot to stand. At this time, you don't need to add cold water to the basin. You have to wait for the water to cool to the right temperature, then soak your feet until your body sweats slightly, and that's the end. After that, 50 massages were performed at Yongquan point on the sole of the foot. Don't soak your feet with wormwood when eating. Soaking feet with boiling water will promote the blood flow in the stomach at night, endanger the digestion and absorption of ingredients in the stomach, and thus cause indigestion.
In addition, although wormwood has many benefits, don't soak it for too long. Too many times of soaking feet in wormwood will lead to deficiency-heat and stomach-heat, resulting in insufficient blood strips on the upper body and dizziness. Therefore, it is best to soak your feet with wormwood three times a week, and the time for soaking your feet is controlled within 30 minutes each time.