Mark Tierno's Medicinal Herbs Database | |
Santonica (Sea Wormwood) |
| Botanical Name |
Artemisia chamaemelifolia, Artemisia maritima |
| System Affected |
worms |
| Properties |
worms (safe for children) |
| Description |
greenish-yellow flowers |
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| Notes |
also called: Levant Wormseed |
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Sweet Annie(Qing Hao, Sweet Wormwood |
| Botanical Name |
Artemisia annua |
| System Affected |
intestinal parasites |
| Properties |
intestinal amoebas anti-malaria |
| Description |
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| Origin |
China |
| Notes |
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| Toxicity |
use cautiously, exact dose uncertain |
| Dosage |
Tea: 2-5 tsp per cup water |
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Wormwood, African |
| Botanical Name |
Artemisia afra |
| System Affected |
fever, malaria, chest, gout, constipation, skin |
| Properties |
fevers malaria bronchial diseases, coughs, colds, dyspepsia stomachache, gout, constipation Externally: clear up skin infections |
| Description |
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| Origin |
southern and eastern Africa |
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Wormwood, Chinese |
| Botanical Name |
Artemisia apiacea |
| System Affected |
fever, malaria, antibiotic, bleeding |
| Properties |
fevers, malaria, cooling effect clears toxins from system antibiotic, stops bleeding (especially nose bleeds) |
| Description |
feathery foliage up to 5 feet high |
| Origin |
China |
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Wormwood, Fringed |
| Botanical Name |
Artemisia frigida |
| System Affected |
indigestion |
| Properties |
used as fumigant to combat illness indigestion (chew leaves) |
| Description |
silver tufted mounds |
| Origin |
North america Prairie |
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Wormwood, Roman |
| Botanical Name |
Artemisia pontica |
| System Affected |
stomach |
| Properties |
stomachache |
| Description |
tufted low growing, silver fern-like leaf |
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Wormwood, Silver King |
| Botanical Name |
Artemisia ludoviciana silver king |
| System Affected |
diarrhea, headache, stomache, menstrual |
| Properties |
diarrhea headache, stomachache menstrual problems |
| Description |
white ghost-like flower, silver foliage |
| Origin |
North America |
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Wormwood |
| Botanical Name |
Artemisia absinthium |
| System Affected |
nerves, digestion, worms |
| Properties |
nerves stimulates apetite, improves digestion remedy for worms |
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| Toxicity |
Avoid during Pregnancy |
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