Can I take a bath with wormwood leaves during the Dragon Boat Festival?

You can take a bath with dried mugwort leaves during the Dragon Boat Festival. It is said that it can ward off evil spirits and avoid epidemics. At the same time, wormwood leaves have a history of preventing plague for thousands of years. Because Chinese herbal medicines are all made from local materials, wormwood became the hero of preventing plague at that time. According to modern medical pharmacology, wormwood is an antibacterial and antiviral drug, because wormwood has the function of inhibiting and killing germs, and also has the function of preventing and treating respiratory diseases.

According to legend, a long time ago, according to the usual practice, there was a disaster in the Dragon Boat Festival, and the Emperor felt sorry for him, so he sent people down to observe the people's feelings. On May 5, the angel of the Emperor of Heaven dressed up as an oil seller and shouted, "One gourd is two catties, and two gourds are three catties." Everyone rushed to buy it, except one old man who not only refused to buy it, but also told the old man that the account was wrong.

When the oil was sold out, the old man followed the old man who didn't buy oil and said, "You are a good man in the world. The plague god sent a plague tonight. You can plant wormwood leaves and calamus under the eaves to avoid the plague. " When the old man heard about it, he told everyone from door to door, so every household planted mugwort and calamus, and the plague could not be reduced, so people were saved safely. Later, it was passed down from generation to generation and became accustomed to it.