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Common Name: WORMWOOD - ABSINTHIUM, Alsemkruid (Afr)
Scientific Name: Artemisia absinthium
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Description:
  • Perennial
  • Musky, aromatic smell
Culinary Uses:
  • Ingredient of Absinthe
Parts Used:
  • Leaves
Medicinal Uses. It is said that:
  • Stimulate apetite, treat dyspeptic complaints
  • Anti-inflammatory, anti-depressant
  • Energy tonic - exhaustion
  • Treat gastritis, gal bladder ailments, jaundice, hepatitis
  • Expel intestinal worms, stimulate liver and uteris - childbirth
  • Topically - skin disorders, scabies. Disinfect bruises, cuts and bites
  • Pain relieving - artritic and rheumatic swelling, sprains
Other Uses:
  • Insect Repellent:
  • Moth, flee, fly, and ant repellent- in house/ chicken coop
  • Shampoo carpets and pets
  • Fruit trees: codling moth caterpillar, white fly, aphid repellent

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