Can I put moxa leaves in a pregnant woman's room?

The room for pregnant women should be ensured to be free of any odor, regularly ventilated, clean and non-humid. However, many pregnant women like to keep some flowers and plants in the room. Especially pregnant women like to laugh more after pregnancy, so people will put mugwort leaves at home. Mugwort leaves are not placed randomly, but pregnant women can touch them without worrying about causing harm to the body.

Can pregnant women use mugwort?

Pregnant women should use less mugwort. Studies have shown that pregnant women using mugwort can seriously affect the safety of their babies. Therefore, in daily life, pregnant women must avoid contact with mugwort leaves to allow their babies to grow up healthily.

Why pregnant women cannot use moxa sticks

Due to changes in nerve reflexes during pregnancy and damage to the blood vessel walls themselves, uterine congestion and bleeding may occur, which may cause miscarriage in pregnant women. In addition, people with a hot constitution are not suitable for eating moxa sticks. Eating too many moxa sticks is equivalent to an abortion pill. In addition to not using moxa sticks during pregnancy, they should also be used with caution during menstruation, because using moxa sticks during menstruation will also increase the flow of menstrual blood.

The main ingredients of moxa sticks

The main ingredient of moxa sticks is mugwort, which is a blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing medicine. Mugwort has a wide range of uses, and its most significant effect is on the central nervous system. Medicinal doses can excite the cortical and subcortical centers (mainly the motor center, vasoconstriction center, and secondarily the respiratory center, etc.), thus causing convulsions, etc.

Benefits of using mugwort for pregnant women

It can still be used to stabilize the fetus for pregnant women. Modern research on mugwort shows that it has good disease prevention and rehabilitation health care effects. The volatile oil in mugwort has antibacterial and antiviral effects, can avoid epidemics and drive away disease, etc. Another manifestation of the health-care and rehabilitation effect of mugwort is that it also has a certain immune-enhancing effect. Therefore, using mugwort leaves for foot soaking or bathing or eating mugwort leaves during pregnancy will have certain benefits for pregnant women.

It should also be noted that although mugwort is good, pregnant women cannot use it to soak their feet for a long time. Some people are very weak and cannot be nourished. For patients with severe cold and dampness in the body, it is okay to soak their feet in mugwort water once a week, but they must stop eating all cold foods while soaking their feet in the water. Excessive use of mugwort will cause physical deficiency, resulting in headaches, dizziness, tinnitus, dry eyes, fatigue, and depression. In severe cases, coughing and asthma may occur. Pregnant mothers should choose the frequency of using mugwort according to their actual situation.