Artemisia alba (wormwood)
Artemisia albae (Artemisia terrae-albae) is a member of the Asteraceae or Compositae family. Its Latin name is Artemisia terrae-albae Krasch.
Its family name is Asteraceae Dumort. (Compositae Giseke).
Description of Artemisia albae
Artemisia albae (Artemisia terrae-albae) is a subshrub, ranging in height from three to forty-five centimeters. When young, the plant is white in color, later turning grayish-green with a cobwebby, tomentose pubescence. The root of Artemisia albae is woody, upright, and quite thick. This plant’s stalked flower heads are small, about two to three millimeters long. These heads are ovoid in shape and held in a broad, loose panicle. The four to five flowers of Artemisia alba (Artemisia leucorrhoea) ripen, and the corolla opens to reveal yellow to purple-pink hues.
Artemisia alba (Artemisia leucorrhoea) blooms in August. In the wild, this plant is found in Central Asia, European Russia, and the southeastern Lower Volga region of Russia. It prefers saline areas, hilly sands, intermontane river valleys, and rocky and rocky-sandy slopes, all the way to the lower mountain belt. It should be noted that this plant is an insecticide for moths. Description of the Medicinal Properties of Artemisia alba
Artemisia alba possesses valuable medicinal properties, and its herb is recommended for medicinal purposes. The herb includes the flowers, stems, and leaves. It is recommended to harvest this medicinal raw material throughout the entire flowering period of Artemisia alba. These valuable medicinal properties are attributed to the flavonoids and essential oils it contains.
As for folk medicine, remedies based on Artemisia alba are quite widespread. Infusions and decoctions prepared from this herb are used for dysentery, diarrhea, and ulcerative colitis.
It is noteworthy that the experiment proved that a decoction and alcohol extract based on this plant have the ability to exhibit protistocidal properties and will accelerate blood clotting. For this reason, clinical trials of such healing agents are recommended for various gastrointestinal diseases. Essential oil of wormwood has the ability to clarify anatomical preparations, and for this reason, such oil based on this plant can be used in the flotation of polymetallic ores as a foaming agent.
For intestinal colic, it is recommended to use the following very healing remedy based on this plant: to prepare such a healing remedy, you will need to take one teaspoon of crushed wormwood herb per glass of boiling water. It is recommended to infuse the resulting healing mixture for about one hour, after which this healing mixture should be filtered very carefully. Take the resulting healing remedy based on white earth wormwood half an hour before meals three times a day, one-third or one-fourth of a glass. It is worth noting that when used correctly, such a healing remedy turns out to be very effective and the positive effect will be noticeable quite quickly.
Wormwood – what it treats and how to use it
