Are wormwood and wormwood the same plant?
Wormwood and wormwood are not the same plant, with the following differences:
1, with different forms.
(1) The appearance of wormwood is very similar to that of grass, very slender and scattered, while Ai Chen is like one of the slender leaves, but its appearance is very different.
(2) wormwood is generally lit by handfuls, which will give off a strong fragrance. Ai Chen is usually used by smoking, and Ai Chen can also be made into moxa sticks and used many times.
2. The efficacy is different.
(1) wormwood is generally used in handfuls, and its strong smell has bactericidal effect. Many families will use this method to sterilize, or they can make sachets and put them on their bodies.
(2) Ai Chen's function is mainly used to treat some gynecological diseases, and the ancients even used Ai Chen to treat fetal malposition, which is the main difference between them.
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Characteristics of Ai Chen
If Ai Chen is preserved for more than one year, it is called wormwood leaf, and this is Ai Chen. Among the leaves, three to five years is the best, which is called "three years" and "five years".
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Characteristics of wormwood
Wormwood is a kind of herbaceous plant, with a strong taste. Its taproot is obvious, relatively thick and long, with many lateral roots. There are often creeping rhizomes underground, and their leaves are covered with white hairs and pits.
Schematic diagram of the difference between wormwood and Ai Chen
Ai Chen
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