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Common Name: WORMWOOD - MUGWORT
Scientific Name: Artemisia vulgaris
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Description:
  • Perennial
  • Full sun
  • Grows well in containers
Parts Used:
  • Leaves and sprigs
Medicinal Uses. It is said that:
  • Anthelmintic - expel parasitic worms like thread worm and roundworm
  • Bitter digestive remedy
  • Gentle nervine
  • Menstrual regulator - irregular and painful menstruation - menopausal problems
  • Chills and fevers
  • Anti-rheumatic
  • Tonic
  • Chinese used it to treat rheumatism
  • Was a popular remedy for epilepsy and Parkinson disease
Other Uses:
  • One of the 9 Saxon magic herbs

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