Pediatric fever can be soaked in a bath with mugwort water

It is not recommended to take baths with mugwort water for pediatric fevers. Mugwort leaves are the dried leaves of the plant Mugwort. It is bitter, pungent and warm in nature, with a small poison, and is attributed to the spleen meridian of the foot Taiyin, the liver meridian of the foot syncope yin, and the kidney meridian of the foot Shaoyin. Its main effects include calming the fetus and regulating menstruation, stopping bleeding and warming menstruation, dispersing cold and relieving pain, and dispelling dampness and relieving itching when used externally. These effects are associated with conditions such as vomiting of blood due to deficiency and cold, metrorrhagia (excessive menstrual flow or dripping), epistaxis, or excessive menstruation. It can also be used to treat irregular menstruation, infertility, coldness in the uterus, cold pain in the epigastrium (abdomen), or cold pain in the hypogastrium (lower abdomen). When used externally, mugwort can relieve itching and dampness, mainly because it is warm in nature and bitter and pungent in flavor, it can relieve itching and dampness, and is often used in eczema and other itchy skin diseases. Therefore, it is not recommended to use moxa leaves in baths when the child has a fever, but to go to a regular medical institution in time to avoid delaying the condition.