Although moxa and honeysuckle are not contraindicated for infants, it is not recommended to use moxa and honeysuckle to clean infants’ bodies as they have delicate skin and moxa and honeysuckle are irritating and may cause discomfort to delicate skin. Therefore, it is not recommended to use mugwort leaves and honeysuckle to clean the body of infants. If you need to use them, you should do so under the guidance of a doctor.
Mugwort has the effect of warming menstruation and stopping bleeding, dispersing cold and relieving pain, and can be used for the treatment of vomiting blood, epistaxis, metrorrhagia (excessive menstruation or dripping), excessive menstruation, and fetal leakage (small amount of bleeding from the vagina in early pregnancy), etc. It has the effect of dispelling dampness and relieving itching when used externally and can be used in the treatment of itchy skin.
Honeysuckle has the effect of heat detoxification, evacuation of wind-heat, can be used for carbuncles and boils, paralysis of the throat (throat redness, swelling and pain, or dryness, foreign body sensation, or throat itching discomfort, difficulty in swallowing), dengtoxin (acute infectious disease, visible skin red like paint), feverish blood dysentery (dysentery caused by feeling the heat, stool blood) and other conditions of the treatment.
It should be reminded that the use of Chinese herbs should be under the guidance of a doctor.