Chinese herbs mugwort widely used in moxibustion therapies

Moxibustion therapies
According to Compendium of Materia Medica (Ben Cao Gang Mu), moxibustion with mugwort cones cures a variety of diseases. Moxibustion practice is quite similar to acupuncture and the difference between them is the tool used, the choice of needle or burning cone. Moxa is fragrant, inflammable and with warming fire, which is capable of warming associated channels to dispel cold, strengthen Yang-Qi to stop draining away, remove stasis of the blood to dissipate stagnation, and prevent diseases to have a long life. And the weights of them are varied from 3 to 10 grams.

Fending off evil
This is a very interesting folk tradition in China. When Dragon Boat Festival comes, people tend to hang or place herbs like mugwort plant and calamus (Chang Pu) on the door of their houses, which they believe can help keep their whole families from jinx the whole year. This ritual was there long ago partly because it is a medicinal herb, which serves as a widely popular moxibustion medium to burn its way to a cure.