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DESCRIPTION
Mugwort oil is taken from aromatic perennial herb that has red-purple stems & deeply cut, dark green leaves with white undersides. Well recognized for its digestive properties, the essential oil forms fine blend with other essential oils and are steam distilled from panicles of tiny red-brown flowers appearing in summer.
COMMON NAMES
Mugwort, Cronewort, Mugwort, St. John's Plant.
BLENDS WITH:
Cedar wood, lavandin, clary sage, oak moss, pine, patchouli, rosemary, sage.
CONSTITUENTS
alpha thujone, cineole, beta thujone, camphene, camphone, camphor, linalool, thujone, 4-terpineole, borneol, alpha-cardinol and further mono- and sesquiterpenes.
USES
Mugwort oil is reputed to have anti-spasmodic, carminative, diaphoretic, choleretic, diuretic, nervine, emmenagogue, orexigenic & stimulant properties. It is also known to be used to expel control fever, worms and as a digestive remedy.
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