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Wormwood Enhances Physical and Mental Health: A Story about Healing and Friendship

1 Hangzhou Normal University, 311121, Zhejiang, China
2 Yiai Co. of Hangzhou New City Plaza, 3110020, China

https:/doi.org/10.58531/ijmhr/3/2/1

Received: 28 March 2025 / Accepted: 20 April 2025 / Published: 22 April 2025

Based on the unique role of wormwood in friendly exchanges between China and the United States, this paper explores from an interdisciplinary perspective how this traditional Chinese medicine has evolved from a cultural symbol to a modern healing medium, and thus become a special link between China and the United States. The study first traces back to the myth of Fuxi and Nuwa, and reveals the metaphor of wormwood and the life protection of Chinese civilization. By analyzing the wisdom symbols of traditional Chinese medicine in Fuxi and Nuwa's Mating Diagram of Tang Dynasty, this paper expounds the fundamental role of such philosophical concepts as the harmony of Yin and Yang and the multiplication of life on the theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine. On the level of medical value verification, this paper integrates the results of modern medical research, puts forward the theoretical framework of "ninth Five-Year Plan", and introduces the physical and mental healing value of wormwood for modern society. In the study of Sino-US health cooperation paradigm, this paper takes Hangzhou as the geographical coordinate to reveal the dual role of wormwood in cross-cultural communication. On the one hand, as an innovative carrier for AIDS adjuvant treatment, it has brought improved quality of life to 108 American patients; On the other hand, through the case study of Hangzhou Sino-US Friendship Folk Memorial Hall, the unique advantages of folk diplomacy in memory construction are demonstrated. The purpose of this paper is to reveal that wormwood, as an important material in traditional medical healing, is of great significance to promoting friendly exchanges between China and the United States in the 21st century.

Wormwood; Physical and mental healing; Sino-us exchange

Le Z, Chen S, Ye Z, Li J, Chen Y, Yu J, Chen H, Wang C, Wang S, Tang S. Wormwood Enhances Physical and Mental Health: A Story about Healing and Friendship. Int. J. Med. Healthc. Res., 2025, 3(2), doi: 10.58531/ijmhr/3/2/1

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