Talk about mugwort, which is common in rural areas
In rural areas, mugwort is a common herb. It grows mostly in fields, ditch banks and slopes. It is a parasitic plant that germinates earlier in spring, so there is a custom of eating mugwort in March.
Mugwort has a strong volatile odor, can kill bacteria and anti-inflammatory, and drive away pestilence and evil spirits. In rural areas, there is still a tradition of sewing purses for children to wear on their bodies to drive away diseases and prevent themselves and ensure safety. Among them, the contents of the purse are mugwort leaves.
The medicinal value of mugwort is very high, it can be processed into moxa strips to make mugwort raw materials, can be processed into mugwort tea, and can also be twisted into wormwood rope with mosquito grass to ignite mosquito repellent, fly prevention and odor and so on.
In recent years, with the improvement of quality of life, people's demand for physical health care has increased. Soaking your feet with mugwort leaves has become the main way to make raw materials easy to obtain and easy to operate. For this reason, traders also saw business opportunities, and stalls buying mugwort or other Chinese medicinal herbs could be found everywhere in rural fairs. Farmers harvest and dry the mugwort they find while working in the fields and sell them to buyers to increase their income.
The medicinal value of mugwort is better to harvest and dry within five days before and after the Dragon Boat Festival rather than dry in the sun. In rural areas, there is a custom of cutting mugwort before the sun rises on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, placing mountain wheat at the door, and stone mills for good health and safety. Therefore, it is not always possible to collect wormwood. Now in the countryside, by the time of the Dragon Boat Festival, there is nowhere to harvest mugwort, and only the newly released shoots after being harvested have no medicinal use.
