Picking of mugwort leaves

On the Dragon Boat Festival, the grass grows thick and the wild wormwood is soft and light. I'm not trying to win over Yan Cheng's coquetry, but my name is known to all the people.

Wormwood is a kind of edible and medicinal wild vegetable. Because of its wide use, it has been planted artificially in Henan and Hubei. So when is the best time to pick mugwort leaves?

You must pay attention to the picking time of mugwort leaves. If we pick it early, we won't form the related medicinal properties. If we pick it late, some ingredients will be lost.

The best time for picking medicinal Artemisia argyi leaves is different between the north and the south. South China can start picking in early April of the lunar calendar, and North China needs to pick in late April and early May of the lunar calendar. This time is the most vigorous growth period of Artemisia argyi leaves. The leaves picked at this time are full, elastic and have the strongest medicinal properties.

Generally, the time of picking mugwort leaves is like the Dragon Boat Festival mentioned in the poem, which is April and May of the lunar calendar every year. If you eat it, you can pick it when the wormwood has just sprouted.