Artemisia vulgaris (Common Mugwort) extract

Functions
Antioxidant
Anti-aging
Soothing

Mugwort (Artemisia Vulgaris) is a herbaceous perennial fragrant plant, that becomes approximately 1-1.8 meters (3-6 ft) high. The plant grows best in full sun places in light, dry, and well-drained soil. As a medical herb, one uses the leaves and the flowering time collected plant.

Mugwort is used from way back as a means against worms and then must be taken for a long time in a low quantity. Artemisia Vulgaris arouses the appetite, stimulates digestion, and helps also by the rise bring of menstruation. The Chinese herbal knowledge used the herb to heat mainly for the treatment of the reproductive organs, and the uterus, to stop bleeding, or to slow down bleedings by a too-long menstruation period.

Look during a long, tiring walk for Mugwort. Chew on a few leaves or flower tops and your tiredness will take off because the bitter aromatic compounds clarify your mind and look.

Artemisia species become famous because of a sesquiterpenoid lactone artemisinin — effective in the treatment of malaria. Thanks to soothing properties, Mugwort extract is effective against skin irritation, and allergic rashes. Phytoestrogen flavonoids from Artemisia Vulgaris bind to estrogen receptors, preventing premature skin aging and collagen insufficiency. It also contains a vast amount of antioxidants that protect dermal cell membranes and DNA from free radicals and oxidative stress, additionally leaving a significant anti-aging effect.

Active ingredients (or INCI)

Artemisinin
Psilostachyin
Vulgarin
Yomogin

History

Artemisia was the sister and wife of the Greek/Persian king Mausolus. She governed after his death in 353 B.C. over Halicarnssus and the surroundings. They built a monumental tomb called the Mausoleum, one of the seven world wonders to honor her.

Artemisia was also a famous plant expert and medical investigator. Two hundred, almost all aromatic plants, are of the Artemisia family and are named after her.

Culpeper recommended the herb for all stomach problems, to prevent nastiness after a meal, and to increase the appetite, but as it is too strong, it spoils the taste.

In the Middle Ages, one thought that John the Baptist carried a wreath of Mugwort around his middle, and therefore one also named the plant Saint-Johns root. The root of Mugwort was nailed against the wall of a house to banish the devil or other bad spirits. Also, there were braided wreaths of Mugwort affirmed at a house or shed to protect it against fire and bolds of lightning.

Mugwort is used from way back to let recover tired travelers and to protect them against evil spirits and wild animals. Roman soldiers laid it in their sandals against painful feet, hence the name 'bij-voet" in Dutch. In 1656, William Cols wrote: "As an infantryman lays it in his shoes in the morning, before noon he can take off 40 miles without to get tired."
Mugwort became used by poor men as tobacco, separate or with other herbs. Also, the beer was seasoned with Mugwort.