Can wearing the Chinese herbal medicine in the sachet during the Dragon Boat Festival prevent diseases?

In ancient times in Shanxi: During the Dragon Boat Festival in Jiezhou, men and women wore mugwort leaves, which was called "removing diseases", while young children tied a hundred ropes around their necks, which was said to "tie the dragon for Qu Yuan." During the Dragon Boat Festival in Xizhou, every village worships the Dragon King and hangs paper in the fields. The Dragon Boat Festival in Huairen County is also known as "Zhumen". During the Dragon Boat Festival in Dingxiang County, students need to give gifts to their teachers. In Lu'an Prefecture, steamed wheat flour dumplings are called "white dumplings" and are given together with rice dumplings as gifts.

Wearing sachets during the Dragon Boat Festival not only has the meaning of warding off evil spirits and pestilence, but also embellishes the lapels. The sachet is filled with Chinese medicinal materials or coarse powder, and is wrapped with silk cloth, which overflows with fragrance. It is then tied into a rope with five-color silk strings and made into various shapes, forming a string, all kinds of, exquisite and eye-catching. It is suitable for all ages to gather incense and concentrate the mind, ward off evil spirits and repel plague. The Chinese herbal medicine used in the sachet can emit a natural aroma and has the functions of fragrant to avoid filth, remove dampness and turbidity, regulate qi and kill insects. Modern medical research has also proven that the reason why these medicines have an aromatic smell is because they contain a large amount of volatile substances, which have antibacterial and antiviral effects. The Chinese herbal medicines in the traditional Dragon Boat Festival sachets can also prevent common infectious diseases in summer (such as: Influenza, hand, foot and mouth disease, etc.), eczema, and has a good effect on preventing mosquitoes and repelling insects.

The method of wearing a sachet to ward off disease is called the "Xiangpei method" in traditional Chinese medicine. We must take proactive measures to prevent changes and control the occurrence of diseases. Zhang Jingyue, a famous doctor in the Ming Dynasty, said: "Misfortunes begin in subtle ways, and dangers arise from easy causes. Those who can predict the disease are said to have cured the disease before it occurs. Those who cannot predict the disease are said to have cured the disease. Those who know fate are only careful about the microscopic signs."

Wu Shiji, a famous expert in external treatment in the Qing Dynasty, pointed out in "Li Yi Pianwen": "For external treatment, the circulation of qi and blood is tonic, and it can be supplemented without medicine. The medicinal flavor must be strong. Only those who can be effective." And fragrant medicine can "lead a group of medicines to open knots and stagnation, and go directly to the location of the disease, so that it can be attacked and resolved. Once the Qi and blood flow, the disease will take care of itself." "The principle of external treatment is the principle of internal treatment, and the medicine of external treatment is , that is, the medicine for internal treatment, the difference is Faer." External treatment and internal treatment are only different in the route and method of administration. The principle of treatment is the same. The medicine taken internally enters the body through the mouth and is distributed throughout the body through the organs and meridians. The external treatment "although it is external, No special treatment is within." The two methods have the wonderful effect of "different approaches to the same goal" in treating diseases. Source: Shanxi News Network