Artemisia vulgaris( Artemisia vulgaris)

In people, wormwood has received the name of a chernobylnik. This is a common weed plant that occurs along roadsides, fences, on wastelands, as well as along slopes and water bodies. Similar to other wormwood species is an extremely unpretentious plant.

Description

The perennial plant often reaches a height of 1.5 m. The branching brownish-reddish stalk, which is slightly branching, beneath it, bears pinnately cut leaves with lanceolate segments, naked and dark green on top and felt-pubescent from below. Upper leaves slightly or deeply trilobate. Inflorescences-baskets are small with yellow or reddish tubular flowers, collected in the likeness of an ear or a brush. Blooms from June-July to August-September.

Composition

Essential oil, which contains cineole, borneol, sesquiterpenes, in minor amounts of thujone, bitter substances.

Growing

It is unpretentious to climate and soils, it prefers sunny areas. Propagation by division, cuttings and sowing in the spring.

Collection

Before the flowering period, fresh leaves and young shoots used as spices are collected. Flower panicles are collected for a short time before flowering and dried in bundles without leaves.

Medicinal properties

In the form of tea is used as a bitter-spicy gastric drug, which increases gastric peristalsis in digestive disorders and loss of appetite. In general, the drug effect is similar to the effect caused by the use of wormwood bitter.

Application of

To excite appetite, wormwood is used in the form of water infusion, prepared at the rate of 1 tsp.for 2 cups of boiling water, and drink 1/4 cup before eating. Spirituous tincture of wormwood is used for 12-20 drops for half an hour before meals 3 times a day. In cooking, the chernobylnik is suitable as a condiment when preparing fatty foods. Aromatic bitterness improves appetite, activates the formation and secretion of gastric juice and makes lighter heavy food. It is a part of spicy mixtures for sandwiches with cheese or dishes from eggs. A roast goose or duck gives a magical flavor. In fresh or dried form is also used in cooking vegetables and mushrooms. It is added to the dishes when cooking.