During menstruation, you can wash your hair with both water boiled with mugwort and water boiled with ginger. The period of menstruation is a special time for women after giving birth. At this time, a woman’s body has a great loss of qi and blood, her pores are stretched and she sweats more, which makes her susceptible to wind, cold, dampness and other six evil influences. Washing hair and cleaning local hygiene during menstruation is conducive to maternal physical and mental health, but requires focused care. Mugwort, or mugwort leaf, is warm in nature and has the efficacy of warming the menstruation, dispersing cold and relieving pain (relieving pain by dispelling cold in the body), and can be used externally to dispel dampness and relieve itchiness, treating the symptoms of itchy skin. Ginger, its nature is slightly warm, pungent dispersing warm through, can sweat to relieve the surface (through sweating way to lift the body surface of the evil), expelling wind and dispersing cold (expelling wind evil, dispersing cold), note that the effect of boiling water for external cleansing is not the same as internal use. The adverse effects and contraindications of wormwood and ginger are not clear. It is important to note that if a woman needs to wash her hair with wormwood or ginger, it is recommended to consult a medical professional to avoid discomfort.