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Submitted by admin on Mon, 02/28/2022 - 03:09
Top Product Attributes

  • Common Name

    Mugwort

  • Botanical Name

    Artemisia vulgaris

  • Part Used

    Herb

  • Clinical Summary

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  • Monograph

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  • Alcohol

    30%

  • Dose

    10 to 40mL weekly

Mugwort has been used traditionally for treating gynaecological ailments and gastrointestinal diseases resulting from cold including stomach pain, diarrhoea, flatulence and intestinal colic. It supports digestion through bitter stimulation while also possessing carminative properties. Mugwort is also useful for depression, insomnia, excessive stress exposure and tension due to a nervine action, and is considered a substitute for nicotine and cannabis.

Main Product Attributes
A guide to Mugwort and its properties

  • Traditional Use

    Mugwort has been used traditionally in European folk medicine for aiding digestion and as a general tonic.  The herb was often used amongst the peasants as a tea substitute and sometimes used in culinary dishes being included in recipes for poultry stuffing. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) mugwort has been used as an analgesic agent and, in conjunction with acupuncture therapy, to treat neonatal jaundice, gastric ulcers, hepatitis and convulsive crisis. In TCM the downy underside of mugwort is used in moxibustion therapy for different conditions including hypertension and breech pregnancy. 

  • Actions

    Emmenagogue, anthelmintic, bitter digestive stimulant, cholagogue, antispasmodic, antioxidant, nervine

  • Indications

    •    Delayed or irregular menstruation, amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea, to hasten labour and help expulsion of the placenta
    •    Poor appetite, weak digestion, nervous dyspepsia
    •    Intestinal parasites
    •    Oxidative stress and infection

  • Energetics

    Cool and dry

  • Use in Pregnancy

    Due to the emmenagogic action mugwort is not recommended during most stages of pregnancy – except in the last weeks to aid delivery. It should be avoided during breastfeeding because it tends to dry up secretions.

  • Contraindications & Cautions

    Allergic reactions to mugwort pollen have been commonly reported, including cross reactivity to other daisy family species. One study found that using oral doses of the herb medicinally (in immunotherapy) could reduce allergic responses to the airborne pollens in the skin.

  • Drug Interactions

    None known.

  • Dietary Information

    Vegan friendly. Gluten and dairy free

  • Substitutes

    Wormwood, Celandine, Black Walnut, Cloves, Rue