It has a long history to place or insert all kinds of flowers and plants that can ward off evil spirits during the Dragon Boat Festival. Why do you want to insert wormwood leaves in the Dragon Boat Festival? The earliest example of exorcising evil spirits and avoiding ghosts is hanging wormwood on the door. The Chronicles of Jingchu: "Mourning for people, hanging on the door with poison gas." This is because mugwort is an important medicinal plant, and it can also be used for treating diseases, moxibustion at acupoints and expelling insects. The temperature in May contains the most oil of mugwort leaves (which is at the peak of temperature growth), so the effect is the best, and people are scrambling to pick mugwort leaves.
Besides turning Aiza into a human being, he was also made into the shape of a tiger, which is the so-called Ai Hu. The note in the Chronicle of Jingchu says: "Take Ai as a tiger shape, or cut the ribbon as a tiger shape, and mail it to my wife to try it on." At the same time, there are also Pu bundles, cut Pu Jian and Pu Long tied with Pu on the door. "Jing Di Ji Sheng at the age of four": "(Dragon Boat Festival) insert Pulong Ai Hu." Jia Qinglu Volume 5: "Depp is a sword, cutting the canopy as a whip, and garlic with peach handles are hung in the bed to exorcise ghosts." Peach stalks are auspicious things to ward off evil spirits, and garlic is considered as a bronze hammer symbolizing weapons, which is matched with Pu Jian and Peng Bian to drive away furtiveness. In addition, mugwort was burned to drive away mosquitoes and flies. In Hunan, Zhejiang and other places, kudzu vine is used to hang on doors. It is said that kudzu vine is a chain that locks ghosts and can exorcise evil spirits. Since ancient times, the custom of hanging wormwood in every household has been circulating on the Dragon Boat Festival. When wormwood is made into human form, people call it "Ai Ren". It was hung in the air, cut into the shape of a tiger, and women competed to wear it to ward off evil spirits. Therefore, in ancient times, some people called the Dragon Boat Festival the ancient health festival in China. As the Chronicle of Jingchu Years says, "On May 5th, Ai Cai missed people, and there was a green spirit hanging on the door". Why do you want to insert wormwood leaves in the Dragon Boat Festival? Hygiene and cleanliness
Artemisia argyi has been used to treat diseases for more than 2000 years. The curative effect and usage of Folium Artemisiae Argyi are recorded in the first book of Chinese Prescription, Fifty-two Diseases in Warring States Period, and recorded in herbal medicines of past dynasties. In qi zhou, Hubei Province, which is rich in high-quality mugwort leaves from China, there is also a saying that "the family has mugwort leaves for three years, so the doctor doesn't have to come". There are also many places for cultivation, and every family collects mugwort leaves. Mencius said that "seven years of illness need three years of care", which shows the medicinal value of Artemisia argyi leaves. Why do you want to insert wormwood leaves in the Dragon Boat Festival? Save lives by treating diseases.
Folium Artemisiae Argyi, namely Folium Artemisiae Argyi, has many uses. The earliest use of Folium Artemisiae Argyi was moxibustion, which is as famous as "acupuncture". There are records of moxa stick moxibustion or moxa fumigation in the medical books Lingshu Jing and Fifty-two Prescriptions for Diseases. Moreover, there is a saying that "doctors treat all diseases with moxibustion". As an internal medicine, Folium Artemisiae Argyi has the functions of regulating qi and blood, dispelling cold and removing dampness, warming channels to stop bleeding and preventing miscarriage. "Jiao Tang Ai" in Synopsis of the Golden Chamber is especially effective in treating postpartum hemorrhage after pregnancy, and "Aifu Pill" is especially effective in treating heart and abdominal pain. Ai Qi was replaced by Folium Artemisiae Argyi in the fetal pill of "treating all kinds of critical diseases before and after delivery" in the Medical Records of Qing Palace. Ejiao and Folium Artemisiae Argyi are Chinese patent medicines named after two authentic medicinal materials.
When it comes to mugwort, you have to mention mugwort. Li Yanwen (the father of Li Shizhen), a medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty, praised Artemisia argyi as "produced in Yangshan, and made great contributions in treating moxibustion diseases during the Dragon Boat Festival". Li Shizhen said that Ai Ye "wins with qi zhou and uses fillers, which is the most important thing in the world, so it is called Ai Yi." According to legend, "the moxibustion altar elsewhere is impenetrable, and moxibustion is straight and penetrating, so it is famous all over the country."