Wormwood gmelin
Wormwood gmelin is one of the plants of the family called Asteraceae or Asteraceae; in Latin the name of this plant will be as follows: Artemisia gmelinii Web. et Stechm. (A. sacrorum Ledeb.).
As for the name of the wormwood gmelin family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Asteraceae Dumort. (Compositae Gisekc).
Description of wormwood gmelin
Wormwood gmelin is a perennial shrub whose height will vary between fifty and one hundred centimeters. The root of this plant is thick and woody, about three centimeters thick. The leaves of Artemisia gmelin will be glandular, bare or slightly pubescent, while such leaves are colored green on top, and can be either grayish or whitish-felt underneath. In outline, the leaf blade of Artemisia gmelin is oval and doubly pinnate. The baskets of this plant will be almost spherical, their width is about two to three and a half millimeters, they will droop and are in short racemes, and are also collected in a more or less dense and narrow panicle. There are about ten to twelve pistillate marginal flowers, and the corolla is narrow-tubular, punctate-glandular and glabrous. The disc flowers of this plant are quite numerous and bisexual, the corolla is conical and point-glandular, the length of such a corolla is one and a half millimeters, and at the top they will be equipped with a round and flat area with a corrugated edge.
Artemisia gmelina blooms in August.
Description of the medicinal properties of wormwood gmelin
Wormwood gmelin is endowed with very valuable healing properties, and it is recommended to use the herb of this plant for medicinal purposes. The term grass includes flowers, stems and leaves. The presence of such valuable healing properties is recommended to be explained by the content of bitter substances, flavonoids, ascorbic acid and sesquiterpene lactones in the composition of the herb of this plant. In the leaves of wormwood gmelin, in turn, there will be an essential oil, and in the inflorescences there is also an essential oil, which contains isovaleric acid and azulene. The leaves and inflorescences of wormwood gmelin contain the flavonoid genquanin, umbelliferone, organic acids, scopoletin and carotenoids.
An infusion prepared from the herb wormwood gmelin is indicated for use as a very effective expectorant and antipyretic.
As for traditional medicine, it is recommended to use infusion and decoction prepared from the herb of this plant as a blood clotting accelerator, hemostatic and anthelmintic. In addition, such healing agents are considered palliative for anthrax and leprosy, and are also used for faster healing of wounds. A decoction based on the inflorescences and leaves of wormwood gmelin is indicated for use in dysentery, enteritis and hemocolitis.
As a painkiller, this plant is recommended for use in rheumatism, headaches and gastralgia. The herb wormwood gmelin is used as an anti-inflammatory and decongestant for inflammation of the uterine appendages, dropsy and influenza. An infusion based on the herb of this plant should be drunk for neurasthenia, loss of strength, various gynecological diseases and delayed menstruation.
For diseases of the brain, the herb wormwood gmelin is given to horses. It is noteworthy that in the course of experimental studies it was proven that drugs created on the basis of this plant will have a very effective choleretic effect.
