Mugwort was traditionally used medicinally as an emmenagogue, antispasmodic, stimulant and vermifuge. 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 diff erent conditions including hypertension and breech pregnancy. Energetics: Mugwort is classed as cool and dry.
Indiciations:
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.
Actions: Emmenagogue, Anthelmintic, Bitter Digestive Stimulant, Cholagogue, Antispasmodic, Antioxidant.
Constituents: Volatile oil (up to 0.3%) with camphor, borneol, alpha-thujone, germacrene, camphene, 1,8-cineole, linalool and beta-caryophyllene, and numerous other monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes (depending on the source). Phytochemical studies have identified more than 20 flavonoids in mugwort extracts. The most abundant compounds are eriodicyol and luteolin. Also present are sesquiterpene lactones (including vulgarin and psilostachyin), alkaloids, saponins, sterols (stigmasterol and sitosterol), tannins, terpenes, acetylenes, flavonal glycosides and coumarins, phytyl fatty acid esters and squalene.
Mugwort liquid extract 1:1 in 30% alcohol
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