Nine out of ten people have dampness; now is the perfect time to eat this wild herb to remove dampness

The arrival of spring lets many plants take root and sprout, and mugwort is one of them. (Image from Oriental IC)

Mugwort growing in the wild. Mugwort has a history of several thousand years in preventing plagues, and pharmacological research in modern medicine shows that mugwort leaves are a broad-spectrum antibacterial and antiviral medicine. (Image from Oriental IC)

Mugwort is closely connected to the lives of Chinese people. Every year at the Dragon Boat Festival, people always place mugwort in their homes to "ward off evil"; the dried plant is soaked in water and steamed to disinfect and relieve itching, and women who have just given birth often bathe or fumigate with mugwort water (Image from Oriental IC)

The whole mugwort plant is used as medicine, with effects such as warming the meridians, removing dampness, dispelling cold, stopping bleeding, reducing inflammation, relieving asthma, relieving cough, preventing miscarriage, and fighting allergies. (Image from Oriental IC)

Boiling eggs with mugwort leaves has the effect of removing cold and dampness; eating eggs boiled with mugwort leaves can remove cold and dampness and give the body sufficient yang energy. Mugwort leaves have the effects of warming the middle, expelling cold, and removing dampness, while eggs can strengthen the constitution and supplement nutrition, so eating them together naturally has the effect of removing cold and dampness, and is especially suited to women's physical constitution. (Image from Oriental IC)

Mugwort is also a very good food. Among traditional foods in southern China, there is a kind of ciba (glutinous rice cake) made with mugwort as the main ingredient (Image from Oriental IC)

This is dried mugwort leaves. Dried mugwort leaves are pounded into "mugwort floss", which is made into moxa sticks for moxibustion and can also be used as a raw material for "ink paste". It is distributed in Asia and Europe. (Image from Oriental IC)

Mugwort has a special fragrance, and this special fragrance has the effect of repelling mosquitoes and insects, so ancient people often hung mugwort in front of their doors, first to ward off evil and second to drive away mosquitoes and insects. (Image from Oriental IC)