When will wormwood be picked?

Moxa grass is picked in late spring and early summer (May to June), when the medicinal value is the highest. Pick tender wormwood grass around March, used to make green balls or Zanba, moxa leaves have no bitter taste. Picking wormwood, boiling herbs and bathing in water is one of the traditional customs of the Dragon Boat Festival. On this day, the yang is strong and the medicine is the strongest. You can also insert or hang moxa grass on the door and ward off evil spirits.

Moxa grass generally sprouts slowly in March every year. At this time, the picked moxa grass is fragrant and tender and has no bitter taste. It is very good to be used as a green regiment or moxa leaf Zanba, without bitter taste. After Ching Ming Festival, moxa grass will become more bitter and not so delicious.

If you pick moxa tea, take leaflets, is the top of the tender leaves, small, on the line, a cup of two or three such fresh leaves, drink moxa leaf tea, can have a good effect on Gong Han and so on.

If the picked moxa grass is used to boil eggs, there is no great requirement for moxa grass. If the foot is soaked with moxa grass, fresh or dried moxa grass is OK, for beriberi and other foot diseases have a therapeutic effect, but also conducive to sleep, as well as health care are very good.

In the Dragon Boat Festival, there is also the traditional custom of picking moxa grass, picking moxa grass boiled herbal water bath, but also hanging moxa grass at home to achieve the role of exorcism. The medicinal property of picking wormwood on Dragon Boat Festival is the best.

Picking moxa grass is very simple. You can pick only the leaves, pick only the tender stamens, or break half of it. As long as it still has a stem, moxa grass will continue to grow, and its vitality is very tenacious.