NAME
LATIN NAME
Artemisia absinthum
SYNONYMS (can include local names)
Wormwood, Sweet Annie, Green Ginger, Sweet Sagewort, Sweet Wormwood.
FAMILY
Compositae
BOTANICAL INFORMATION (can include growing environment, plant identification and processing)
PART/S USED
Whole herb (leaves and tops). Best harvested on a dry day after the sun has dried off the dew.
ADMINISTRATION
USES
TRADITIONAL/LOCAL USES
Roundworm, Treadworm
MODERN USES
Digestive issues; studies have shown Wormwood increases bile with stimulating and restorative effects on appetite. Also effective anthelmintic.
DOSAGE STRATEGIES (can include 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4, 1:5 etc)
SAFETY
GENERAL
PAEDIATRIC
PREGNANCY
ADVERSE REACTIONS
HERBAL COMBINATIONS
INTERACTIONS
HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS
HERB-HERB INTERACTIONS
HERB-FOOD INTERACTIONS
EVIDENCE/RESEARCH
PRACTITIONER KNOWLEDGE (Please share your clinical experience of this herb here)
great results when used for antiparasitic and anthelmintic properties
THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY
CLINICAL TRIAL EVIDENCE
A recent study has examined the tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) suppression effects in 10 patients with Crohn's Disease who took 3x750mg dried wormwood for 6 weeks. Average TNF-α fell from 24.5pg/ml to 8pg/ml after 6 weeks, as compared to the control which fell from 25.7pg/ml to 21.1pg/ml. Remission of symptoms was also seen in 8 patients receiving Wormwood as opposed to 2 in the control group.
Krebs, S., Omer, T.N., Omer, B (2010). Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) suppresses tumour necrosis factor alpha and accelerates healing in patients with Crohn’s disease – A controlled clinical trial. Phytomedicine, 17(5)305-309.
PHARMACOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
POSITIVE RESEARCH
NEGATIVE RESEARCH
ARTICLE LINKS (Please feel free to include relevant articles either authored by you or that you feel would be of interest to your peers in the WIKIHERB Community)
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REFERENCES