# dog days say moxibustion # Ai's story will last forever.

Wormwood has always been a medicinal plant in ancient China. Moxibustion in acupuncture uses wormwood as the main component and burns it at acupoints to treat diseases. On the occasion of Dragon Boat Festival, people always put wormwood at home to ward off evil spirits, and the dried plants are soaked in water to disinfect and relieve itching. Mothers often bathe or fumigate with wormwood water. Chinese medicine uses wormwood as medicine, which has the functions of nourishing qi and blood, warming uterus and dispelling cold and dampness. For thousands of years, wormwood has given us the warmth of the sun, and it has been guarding our Chinese nation.

In ancient times, Suiren used moxa sticks to drill wood for fire. Seeing that wormwood can make a fire, the ancients called the sun the sun of the sky and wormwood the sun of the earth. The fire of Ai is the fire of pure yang, which has the function of activating three yin and activating the twelve meridians. The continuous burning of moxibustion fire can make the pure yang and warm air of moxa burn through the muscle surface, and because it is related to viscera, it can make Yang Qi accessible.

# The dog days tell the story of moxibustion #

The story of ai,

The legend of "planting moxa in Dragon Boat Festival"

"willow in Qingming Festival, wormwood in Dragon Boat Festival". Every Dragon Boat Festival, we will see many people put calamus and moxa sticks between their eyebrows and hang them in class.

Hanging wormwood on the Dragon Boat Festival is because of a legend.

According to legend, a long time ago, every Dragon Boat Festival, the god of plague would come to the world to eliminate disasters. Unable to bear the pain of another disaster, the Emperor of Heaven was moved with compassion and sent envoys to observe human feelings.

On the fifth day of May, the angel of the Emperor of Heaven pretended to be an oil seller, and while walking in the village, he shouted, "One gourd is two catties, and two gourds are three catties."

One gourd is two Jin, and two gourds are four Jin, aren't they? How can it be three catties? Must be confused. So the villagers rushed to buy gourd oil. But an old man not only refused to buy it, but also kept reminding the envoys of the Emperor of Heaven that he had miscalculated.

Later, the angel of the Emperor of Heaven said to the old man: You are the kindest person in the world. To tell you the truth, the god of plague will come to earth tonight to relieve the plague. However, as long as you plant mugwort and calamus under your roof, you can avoid the plague.

Hearing this, the old man told the villagers door to door.

In this way, because every household has planted mugwort and calamus, the plague god can't bring plague to the villagers in this place. Slowly, it became a custom handed down.

Of course, it is hard to say whether Artemisia argyi and Acorus calamus can ward off evil spirits, but they do have medicinal value.

Artemisia argyi, also known as Artemisia argyi and Artemisia argyi. Its stems and leaves contain volatile aromatic oil, which can repel mosquitoes, flies, insects and ants and purify the air.

Chinese medicine believes that the use of moxa sticks as medicine is rational for qi and blood, warming uterus and eliminating cold and dampness. Processing mugwort leaves into moxa sticks can also be used for acupuncture, also called moxibustion.

Acorus calamus is an aquatic herb for many years, and its leaves contain volatile aromatic oil, which can refresh the mind, strengthen the bones, eliminate stagnation, kill insects and sterilize.