Dill Wormwood

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Dill 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 anethifolia Web. (A. multicanlis Ledeb.). As for the name of the wormwood family itself, in Latin it will be as follows: Asteraceae Dumort. (Compositae Giseke).

Description of dill wormwood

Dill wormwood is an annual or biennial herb. The root of such a plant is sometimes comparatively thick and will also be erect. There are only a few stems of dill wormwood, they can be both numerous and single, their height fluctuates between twenty and thirty-five centimeters, all the stems will be erect. Baskets of this plant are broadly bell-shaped, their width is two to four millimeters, they will be on more or less elongated filiform legs and in a loose paniculate inflorescence. The corolla of wormwood is narrow-tubular, the flowers of the disc will be bisexual, and the corolla is conical. The fruits of this plant are oblong-conical achenes, the length of which can reach one and a half millimeters.

Dill wormwood blooms in the month of August. Under natural conditions, this plant is found on the territory of Eastern and Western Siberia. For growth, this plant prefers salt marshes, the shores of salt lakes, solonetzic steppes and semi-deserts.

Description of the medicinal properties of dill wormwood

Dill wormwood is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while for medicinal purposes it is recommended to use the seeds, inflorescences and grass of this plant. Grass includes stems, flowers and leaves. The presence of such valuable medicinal properties should be explained by the content of vitamin C, organic acids, essential oil, alkaloids, triterpenoids and sesquiterpenoid ketopelenolide in the composition of the aerial part of this plant. It should be noted that the essential oil of wormwood will exhibit antifungal and bacteriostatic activity.

As for traditional medicine, here this plant is very widespread. Traditional medicine recommends using a tincture prepared on the basis of the inflorescences and leaves of this plant for various diseases of the nose and throat. In addition, the seeds of this plant can be used for food.

For pulmonary tuberculosis, neurasthenia, bronchitis and pneumonia, Tibetan medicine recommends using both a decoction and an infusion based on the herb wormwood. In addition, such a remedy is also used as a hemostatic and anthelmintic.

In case of pneumonia, bronchitis, neurasthenia and pulmonary tuberculosis, it is recommended to use the following very effective healing agent based on this plant: to prepare such a healing agent, you will need to take twelve grams of crushed dry herb wormwood in one glass of water. The resulting mixture should be boiled for about four to five minutes over a fairly low heat, after which it is recommended to strain such a mixture very thoroughly. The resulting drug is taken on the basis of dill wormwood three to four times a day after a meal, one third or one fourth of a glass.

With laryngitis and sore throat, take a tablespoon of inflorescences for two hundred milliliters of boiling water, insist for an hour and filter. This remedy is taken on the basis of dill wormwood in a warm form, one third of a glass. If applied correctly, the positive effect will be noticeable rather quickly.