Folium Artemisiae Argyi is used as medicine, which is mild in nature, bitter in taste, non-toxic, pure in yang, and has the functions of activating the twelve meridians, restoring yang, regulating qi and blood, eliminating dampness and dispelling cold, stopping bleeding and preventing miscarriage.

The whole plant of wormwood has the effects of regulating menstruation, stopping bleeding, preventing miscarriage, dispelling cold and removing dampness. Treat menoxenia, dysmenorrhea, abdominal pain, abortion, and metrorrhagia, and radically treat rheumatic arthritis, head wind, and intra-monthly wind. Because it can cut ice to make it round and cure all diseases, it is the most commonly used medicine for doctors. Modern experimental studies have proved that Artemisia argyi leaves have antibacterial and antiviral effects; Antiasthmatic, antitussive and expectorant effects; Hemostatic and anticoagulant effects; Sedative and antiallergic effects; Protect liver and gallbladder, etc.

So pregnant women can eat wormwood. Eating wormwood by pregnant women will not only affect the baby in the stomach, but also play a role in stopping bleeding and protecting the fetus. Therefore, it is recommended that pregnant expectant mothers eat some wormwood at the right time.

How to eat wormwood

Aiye dessert store

Practice: Folium Artemisiae Argyi 15g, 20g of sugar, boiled in soup.

Function: dysphoria during menstruation, burning pain in urine, dry mouth and bitter taste, aversion to cold water, constipation, red tongue with yellow coating and weak pulse. It is advisable to clear away heat and promote diuresis, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis.

Aiye cake

Practice: Beat the mugwort leaves in May into pulp, and then make mugwort cakes with glutinous rice flour. Folium Artemisiae Argyi has a strong fragrance in taste and a little bitterness. After eating it, it leaves a fragrance on teeth and cheeks. For example, Meng Ling likes the Ai cake made by her aunt, without sugar, but with brown sugar powder and fried sesame or peanuts.

Function: It has beauty function, is a must-eat snack for Hakka women in confinement, and can also treat colds.

Ai ye shui Gao

Practice: Take appropriate amount of Folium Artemisiae Argyi, glutinous rice, glutinous rice and sugar. Drying Folium Artemisiae Argyi in the shade, soaking in glutinous rice or glutinous rice for 2 hours, and grinding into rice slurry with a beater; Boil the sugar and rice slurry to paste, steam in a copper basin for 60 minutes, cool and cut into pieces.

Folium Artemisiae Argyi garlic soup

Practice: 50 grams of garlic, 20 grams of raw lotus leaves, 20 grams of raw Artemisia argyi leaves, 20 grams of raw Platycladus orientalis leaves and 20 grams of fresh ground, mix and mash all kinds of materials together, and take them with water to regulate qi and stop bleeding.

Folium Artemisiae Argyi brown sugar water

Practice: 5 pieces of ginger, 5 pieces of jujube, Artemisia argyi 15g, appropriate amount of brown sugar, decocted in water.

Function: Used for dysmenorrhea.

Steamed mugwort leaves with flour

Practice: Remove the hard stems and dead leaves from fresh folium Artemisiae Argyi, wash the silt with clear water, and then mix evenly according to the ratio of 1 kg folium Artemisiae Argyi to 250 g flour, so that all folium Artemisiae Argyi is stained with flour. Then put it into a steamer to steam for about 30-40 minutes and then take it out. The steamed Folium Artemisiae Argyi is grayish white and has no strong aromatic medicinal taste. Put it in a bowl and mix in sesame oil, spicy noodles, onions, garlic paste and other seasonings.

Function: appetizing and warming stomach.

Aiye jiaozi

Practice: 1, 300g of Folium Artemisiae Argyi, chopped; Onions, bean sprouts and tofu are chopped in moderation. 2. Mix the above materials evenly, season with salt and monosodium glutamate, and make stuffing. 3. Make the dough bag into the shape of jiaozi, steam it in a pot or cook it in water.

Function: Stimulate appetite.

Ai ye Cai Tuan

Practice: Chop the leaves of Artemisia argyi, add appropriate amount of flour, knead with water and salt into dough, make medium-sized Artemisia argyi balls, and steam them in a pot.

Function: It can "dredge qi and blood, return to cold and dampness, stop bleeding and prevent miscarriage". Especially around the Dragon Boat Festival, Artemisia argyi leaves are fresh and delicious, which has the effects of appetizing, strengthening the spleen and stimulating appetite.

Boiled eggs with wormwood

"Boiled eggs with wormwood" is one of 60 kinds of medicated diets for treating gynecological diseases. The main symptoms of treatment are restless fetal movement, abdominal cold pain, itchy skin and dysmenorrhea.

Ingredients: 25g wormwood, 2 eggs, 25g brown sugar.