Wormwood. Artemisia absinthium. Seeds.

Wormwood. Artemisia absinthium. Seeds.

Wormwood has many medicinal benefits, and can also be brewed to create a strong alcoholic drink, absinthe

Wormwood, once grew in almost every farmstead - both as a first aid for stomach and liver ailments, and loss of appetite, and as a magical plant that protects against evil.

. Now modern medicine women and bathhouse owners plant it in their bathhouse herb garden.

Dried wormwood can also be used to create incense sticks, burn leaves to cleanse the house.

Wormwood remedy for refreshing and disinfecting the air in rooms: take 1 teaspoon each of dried or 2 teaspoons each of fresh chopped thyme, rosemary, lavender and wormwood, add 3-4 cloves and pour over 500 ml of apple cider vinegar. Let it steep for 3–4 weeks, then strain and pour into a spray bottle.

Wormwood is a perennial herb 60–120 cm tall with a strong bitter smell and taste, a thick, often woody rhizome, greenish-gray or gray, very decorative leaves, and small yellow flowers.

In ancient times, it was believed that if wormwood grows close to the house, it protects against all evil.

Wormwood is easy to care for, tolerates drought well, grows in lean soil, but it is better if it is in a sunny place for most of the day, then the beautiful, silver-colored leaves acquire a distinct silvery hue and are very decorative.

Seeds in a package of 5 pcs.