Steller's Wormwood

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Steller's wormwood is one of the plants of the family called Asteraceae or Compositae, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Artemisia stelleriana Bess. As for the name of the steller wormwood plant itself, in Latin it will be as follows: Asteraceae Dumort. (Compositae Giseke).

Description of Steller's wormwood

Steller's wormwood is a perennial herb that will fluctuate in height between fifteen and fifty-five centimeters. The entire plant will be whitish and hairy tomentose. Steller's wormwood rhizome will be creeping and not thick, and its stem is single, but there can be two or three such stems, while the stem will be quite thick and this value will be about three to five millimeters. The baskets of this plant will be goblet, their length will be about five to eight millimeters, and the width will be equal to four to six millimeters, such baskets will be located in a more or less dense spike-shaped inflorescence. The marginal flowers of Steller's wormwood will be pistillate, there are only about sixteen of them, while the corolla will be naked and tubular-conical. The length of the achenes of this plant is three to four millimeters, and the width will not even reach half a millimeter, while such seeds will be colored in dark brown tones.

Steller's wormwood blooms in the month of August. Under natural conditions, this plant is found in all regions of the Far East, with the exception of only the Okhotsk region and the east of the Amur region. For growth, this plant prefers river banks, sea sandy pebble coasts, as well as gravelly slopes near the sea.

Description of the medicinal properties of Steller's wormwood

Steller's wormwood is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while for medicinal purposes it is recommended to use the seeds, shoots and roots of this plant. The presence of such valuable medicinal properties should be explained by the content of sesquiterpenoids in the composition of this plant.

It should be noted that in the course of experimental studies it was found that this plant is endowed with a very effective choleretic effect. As for traditional medicine, here Steller's wormwood has become quite widespread. Traditional medicine recommends using an infusion prepared on the basis of the seeds, roots and shoots of this plant. Such a healing agent is recommended to be used for flatulence, respiratory infections, various diseases of the stomach, and is also used as a general tonic and sedative.

A broth prepared on the basis of shoots, roots and seeds of steller's wormwood is indicated for use in gout, but locally this remedy is used for ulcers, and in addition it is also used as a hemostatic agent.

It should be noted that Steller's wormwood is also an ornamental plant.

In case of irritability, it is recommended to use a very effective remedy based on this plant: to prepare such a remedy, you will need to take one tablespoon of chopped dry herb of steller wormwood per three hundred milliliters of boiling water. The resulting healing mixture should be left to infuse for about three to four hours, and then it is recommended to strain this mixture very thoroughly. The resulting healing agent based on steller's wormwood is taken three times a day, regardless of the meal, one third or one fourth of the glass. It is important to note that in order to ensure the greatest efficiency when taking this remedy, you should follow the rules for its reception and all cooking standards.