Chinese medicinal herb bitter wormwood has many health benefits. Its appearance is similar to that of mugwort, and drinking water soaked with bitter wormwood can not only cool the blood and relieve pain, but also have the effect of clearing heat and relieving summer heat. Let's learn about the medicinal effects of bitter wormwood together!
1. Cooling blood and relieving pain
Cooling blood and stopping bleeding is one of the important functions of bitter wormwood. When people have symptoms such as nosebleeds and purple spots or vomiting blood, they can directly grind fresh bitter wormwood and extract the juice, then mix it with hot water and drink.
In addition, when treating purple spots, adding rehmannia root, red peony, and Chinese angelica to bitter wormwood can enhance its therapeutic effect.
2. Clearing heat and drying dampness
Bitter wormwood can clear heat and dry dampness. It has obvious therapeutic effects on various damp-heat diseases in humans, especially symptoms such as diarrhea, dysentery, and anal burning. After taking bitter wormwood, the symptoms can be significantly improved.
In addition, bitter wormwood also has a certain therapeutic effect on chronic hepatitis and cholecystitis in humans, but it needs to be used in combination with pinellia, rhubarb, and gardenia.
3. Anti-cancer and anti-malaria
Bitter wormwood contains artemisinic acid and artemisinin, which are natural antiviral components. They can inhibit the damage of viruses to human tissue cells and suppress the growth of cancer cells. Taking bitter wormwood regularly can effectively prevent and treat cancer.
In addition, the artemisinin in bitter wormwood can inhibit the growth of malignant malaria parasites and directly kill malaria parasites. Therefore, taking bitter wormwood can also have excellent anti-malaria effects.
