“艾”是祖国传统医药的瑰宝。中华医药经典专著《本草纲目》称“艾治百病,入肝、脾、肾、经。” 很久以前,我国民间就有用艾叶悬挂避邪或用艾叶烟薰以避疫驱邪的习惯。“家有三年艾、郎中不用来。”孟子云: “犹七年之病求三年之艾。”现代医学研究证明,艾叶中的挥发油确有抗菌抗病毒作用,能避疫驱“邪”。2003年非典流行期间,中央电视台新闻联播节目中曾以“艾叶烟薰预防非典”为题作过报道。 近年来,东南亚一些国家采用从中国进口的艾叶加 “Ai” is a treasure of traditional medicine in the motherland. Chinese medicine classic monograph “Compendium of Materia Medica” said “Ai cure all diseases, liver, spleen, kidney, by.” Long ago, China’s folk there is the use of Ai leaf hanging evil or with Ai Ye smoke to avoid evils exorcism habits. “Men have three years of Ai, Lang do not have to.” Mencius cloud: “still seven years of disease seeking three years of Ai.” Modern medical research shows that the volatile oil in the leaves indeed anti-bacterial anti-virus effect, . During the SARS epidemic in 2003, CCTV news broadcast program once reported that “Aiye smoked SARS prevention”. In recent years, some countries in Southeast Asia have adopted the import from China