Artemisia vulgaris
Actions:
anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, choleretic, hepatoprotective, antispasmolytic, antinociceptive, antibacterial, antihypertensive, antihyperlipidemic, antifungal, abortifacient
Therapeutic Categories:
digestive, menstruation, high blood pressure, sedative, laxative, liver tonic
Safety:
Do not use if pregnant; abortifacient. Do not use with history of heart disease, kidney issues, epilepsy
Magical Uses:
Purification and banishing negative energies; repel negativity and malevolent forces. Third eye- dreams.
Plant Parts Used: Leaves
Preparations: Tea, smoke, skin treatments
Energetics: bitter, aromatic, warming, drying
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Plant Identifiers: Leaves Long, dark green, pinnate, and sessile, with dense, white, tomentose hairs on the underside. The erect stems are grooved and often have a red-purplish tinge. Flowers small yellow or brown. Extensive rhizome system.
Also known as: riverside wormwood, felon herb, chrysanthemum weed, wild wormwood, old Uncle Henry, sailor’s tobacco, naughty man, old man, or St. John’s plant
Chemical Constituents: flavonoids, essential oils, phenolic acids, coumarins, sterols, carotenoids, vitamins, and sesquiterpene lactones, vulgarin, artemisinin, scopoletin, camphene, camphor, sabinene, quercetin and kaempferol