THE TRUTH ABOUT WORMWOOD
Safe or Unsafe Wormwood (Artemisia genus) is a woody perennial herb, originally native to Eurasia, Africa and Asia, but has now naturalized in many parts of the world. Most popular for its antiparasitic qualities, wormwood has been used for centuries as a deworming agent for both humans and livestock alike. The most commonly used species for herbal preparations are Artemisia absinthium, which is known as wormwood and Artemisia annua, known as sweet wormwood. Common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) is a shrubby plant that typically grows to be one to three feet tall. It has gray-green or white stems covered by fine hairs and yellowish-green leaves that are hairy and silky. The leaves of the plant have glands that contain resinous particles where the natural insecticide is stored. Sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua), is also known as sweet annie, sweet sagewort or annual wormwood. Its leaves are aromatic, tender, and deeply dissected into…