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Mugwort
Family:
Compositae |
Latin Name:
Artemisia vulgaris |
Description
A single-stemmed plant with floppy leaves. The height is up to 6 feet with a width of 1-2 feet. The flowers are tiny, red-brown, wooly, and clustered on stem tips. Native to Europe and Asia and naturalized in the U.S.
Common Uses
A digestive and tonic herb, mugwort has a wide variety of traditional uses. Milder in action than most other Artemisia species, it can be taken over the long term at a low dose to improve appetite and digestive function, as well as promoting liver detoxification and absorption of nutrients.
History
Once known in Europe as the mother of herbs or Mater Herbarum, mugwort appears in ancient lore long before Dioscorides praised it in the 1st century. It was one of the 9 healing herbs of the Anglo-Saxons and is thought to be the girdle worn by St. John the Baptist in the Bible.
Products Containing this Ingredient
Anti-Itchy Poison Oak/Ivy, Enzymes™ (Formerly Enz®), INF Blend™ (Formerly In Flu®), Moth Bar, Herbal
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