Wormwood

Western Bulk Herbs – Wormwood

Wormwood is used to stimulate the digestive system and helps with gas and bloating. It can help regain strength after a long illness. It works well for expelling intestinal worms. wormwood can be used to help with the symptoms of PMS, and it works well as an insect repellent and to kill them.

Latin Name:
Artemisia absinthium

Common Names:
Absinthe, Absinthe Worm wood, Old Woman’s Weed, grand wormwood, absinthium, absinthe wormwood, mugwort, wermout, wermud, wormit, wormod

Parts Used:
The whole herb

Properties:
Bitter, digestive aid, carminative, anthelmintic, anti-inflammatory

Traditional Uses:
Used as a tea, in some dream and sleep pillows, and can be used in capsules and liquid extracts.

Topical Uses / Applications:

Culinary Uses:
Not normally used in cooking.

Chemical Properties:
thujone (absinthol or tenacetone), thujyl alcohol, acids, absinthin, tannins, resin, potash, starch

Folk Lore:
Culpepper, writing of the three Wormwoods most in use, the Common Wormwood, Sea Wormwood and Roman Wormwood, tells us: ‘Each kind has its particular virtues’ . . . the Common wormwood is ‘the strongest,’ the Sea, ‘the second in bitterness,’ whereas the Roman variant, ‘to be found in botanic gardens’ – the first two being wild – ‘joins a great deal of aromatic flavour with but little bitterness.’ A Modern Herbal

Cautions:
Do not use this herb if you are pregnant. Do not use for extended periods of time and do not exceed the recommended dose.

*Disclaimer: These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Resources:
PDR for Herbal Medicines, 2000. Medical Economics Company, Montvale, New Jersey.

The New Holistic Herbal. David Hoffmann, 1990. Barnes and Noble Books, New York.

A Modern Herbal, Mrs. M. Grieve, (Dover Publications, New York, 1971)

Major Herbs of Ayurvedic.Compiled by Dahur Research Foundation and Dahur Ayurvet Limited, Ghaziabad, India., 2002. Churchill Livingstone, London, England.

Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica, Third Edition, Dan Bensky and Andrew Gamble, 1986. Eastland Press, Seattle, WA.