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 Wormwood: It is thought by some that the common bitter herb wormwood may help to relieve hiccups. wormwood is the major ingredient in Angostura bitters, which has been added to a lemon wedge and used in trials to relieve hiccups. Of course, the effectiveness of this treatment could just as well be due to the lemon itself. wormwood oil, though occasionally recommended, should be avoided because it is toxic to the liver when taken internally. |
Ben-Erik van Wyk
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 Artemisia absinthium wormwood • absinthe
Wormwood Mugwort
Description wormwood is an aromatic perennial herb of up to 1 m in height, with silky, silvery, pinnately divided leaves and small yellowish flower heads borne in large numbers on the branch ends. Closely related species such as African wormwood (A. afra) and the two European species known as southernwood [A. abrotanum) and mugwort (A. vulgaris) are also used as traditional medicines (bitter tonics). Origin & history wormwood is indigenous to Europe and Asia and has been cultivated as a garden plant since ancient times. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| Organic Wormwood
References to wormwood date back to 1 600 BC in Egypt. Historically, wormwood has been used as an intestinal cleanser and anti-parasite herb. wormwood creates an extremely hostile environment for parasites and also promotes healthy digestive processes such as increasing liver and gallbladder secretions.
5. Organic Fresh Water Diatomaceous Earth (DE)
The razor sharp edges of the diatoms in Diatomaceous Earth discourage parasitic colonization of the intestinal tract. These sharp edges slice tiny holes in the parasites' outer shells, causing them to lose vital fluids and die. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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 Production: wormwood flowers are the inflorescent buds of Artemisia cina. Occasionally, incorrectly named as wormseed.
Not To Be Confused With: Refined mustard flour. Other Names: Levant, Santonica, Sea Wormwood
ACTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGY
COMPOUNDS
Sesquiterpene lactones: alpha-santonin, as well as artemisin, beta-santonin
EFFECTS
There are no pharmacological studies available because the active agent santonin was isolated as early as 1830. The drug has a vermifuge action, for ascarids in particular. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| Historically, wormwood has been used as an intestinal cleanser and anti-parasite herb. wormwood creates an extremely hostile environment for parasites and also promotes healthy digestive processes such as increasing liver and gallbladder secretions.
5. Organic Fresh Water Diatomaceous Earth (DE)
The razor sharp edges of the diatoms in Diatomaceous Earth discourage parasitic colonization of the intestinal tract. These sharp edges slice tiny holes in the parasites' outer shells, causing them to lose vital fluids and die. This natural substance helps the body fight parasites without chemicals. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
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 One of its constituents, thujone, works as a brain stimulant. wormwood has been used in the treatment of anemia, anorexia, arthritis, bloating, childbirth (pain and placenta retention), colds, depression, fever, flatulence, gallstones, gastritis, hepatitis, jaundice, lead poisoning, rheumatism, and worms (roundworms, threadworms).
Topically, wormwood can be used in liniments, poultices, and compresses to treat bruises, insect bites and stings, and pain. It also can be made into a wash to get rid of lice or scabies and to soothe itchy skin. |
Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac.
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 Note, however, that vitamin C taken at the same time as wormwood (below) renders wormwood ineffective.
Ayurvedic Detoxification
Practiced in India for the past 5,000 years, Ayurvedic medicine is a comprehensive system of medicine that combines natural therapies with a highly personalized approach to maintaining health. Ayurveda describes three metabolic, constitutional, and body types (doshas) based on combinations of the five basic elements of nature in combination. |
Bill Sardi
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 Expert Opinion Therapeutic Targets 9: 995-1007, 2005] In fact, one animal experiment showed that the provision of iron with artemisinin effectively killed cancer cells whereas the provision of artemisinin or iron alone did not significantly
Artemisia
Artemisinin, a compound derived from the Chinese herb qinghaosu, known as wormwood, is the most overlooked anti-cancer, herbal drug. Varieties of wormwood have been used for centuries, both as a moth repellant and pesticide, but also as a medicinal tea. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| Historically, wormwood has been used as an intestinal cleanser and anti-parasite herb. wormwood creates an extremely hostile environment for parasites and also promotes healthy digestive processes such as increasing liver and gallbladder secretions.
5. Organic Fresh Water Diatomaceous Earth (DE)
The razor sharp edges of the diatoms in Diatomaceous Earth discourage parasitic colonization of the intestinal tract. These sharp edges slice tiny holes in the parasites' outer shells, causing them to lose vital fluids and die. This natural substance helps the body fight parasites without chemicals. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
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| Other Uses
The leaves are sometimes dried and burned as a purifying incense or added to smoking mixtures. wormwood is sometimes used as a strewing herb, and as a beneficial side effect it repels insects and mice (though it can attract dogs). The plant is sometimes made into a spray to deter pests in the garden, and it can be added to sachets to keep moths away from clothes. In folkloric tradition, wormwood is said to give protection from the "evil eye. |
Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac.
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| Note, however, that vitamin C taken at the same time as wormwood (below) renders wormwood ineffective.
Ayurvedic Detoxification
Practiced in India for the past 5,000 years, Ayurvedic medicine is a comprehensive system of medicine that combines natural therapies with a highly personalized approach to maintaining health. Ayurveda describes three metabolic, constitutional, and body types (doshas) based on combinations of the five basic elements of nature in combination. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
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| Topically, wormwood can be used in liniments, poultices, and compresses to treat bruises, insect bites and stings, and pain. It also can be made into a wash to get rid of lice or scabies and to soothe itchy skin.
Edible Uses
Wormwood is sometimes used in stuffings for geese. Its most renowned edible use was as an ingredient in absinthe, a green alcoholic liqueur that functioned as a narcotic analgesic, affecting the medullary portion of the brain concerned with pain and anxiety. Absinthe induces a dreamy, altered state of mind. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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| DOSAGE
Preparation: wormwood is completely obsolete as a drug, occasionally available as a powder for use when more modern antithelmintic agents fail. Symptoms of poisoning are possible in therapeutic dosages.
Daily Dosage: The drug is always used in combination with a laxative. The average single dose is 0.025 gm for adults, for children, take the child's age in years, double this amount in milligrams of the drug.
According to the Austrian pharmacopoeia, the single dose is 1 to 2 gm. The powder is administered in the morning and followed later by a castor oil or sodium sulfate. |
| Other Names: wormwood, Felon Herb, St. John's Plant
ACTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGY
COMPOUNDS
Volatile oil: of very complex organization, chief constituents, according to breed, 1,8- cineol, camphor, linalool or thujone
Sesquiterpene lactones Lipophilic flavonoids Polyynes
Hydroxycoumarins: for example umbelliferone, aesculetin
EFFECTS
The aqueous extract and essential oil show antimicrobial activity in laboratory tests.
INDICATIONS AND USAGE
Mugwort is used in complaints and problems involving the gastrointestinal tract. |
| In folk medicine, wormwood preparations are used internally for gastric insufficiency, intestinal atonia, gastritis, stomachache, liver disorders, bloating, anemia, irregular menstruation, intermittent fever, loss of appetite, and worm infestation.
Externally, the drug is applied for poorly healing wounds, ulcers, skin blotches, and insect bites.
The above mentioned popular indications are insufficiently documented. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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| Steroid-sparing effect of wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) in Crohn's disease: A double-blind placebo-controlled study. Phytomedicine 14 (2-3): 87, 95, 2007
Rucker G, Manns D, Wilbert S, Peroxides as constituents of plants. 10. Homoditerpene peroxides from Artemisia absinthium. In: P/7:31(l):340. 1992.
Schneider Von G, Mielke B, Deutsch Apoth Ztg 119 (25):977, 1979.
Stahl E, Gerard D, Z Lebensm Unters Forsch 176 (1):1, 1983.
Swiatek L, Dombrowicz E, Farm Pol 40 (2):729, 1984.
Taylor TE, Wills BA, Kazembe P et al. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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| Storage: wormwood must be kept in sealed containers and protected from light.
LITERATURE
Akhmedov IS et al, (1970) Khim Prir Soedin 6:691.
Akhmedov IS et al., (Artabin, a new lactone from Artemisia absinthium). In: Khim Prid Soed 5:622. 1970.
Baumann IC et al, (1975) Z Allg Med 51 (17):784.
Beauhaire J et al., (1981) Tetrahedron Letters 22 (24):2269.
Beauhaire J, Fourrey JL, (1982) J Chem Soc Perk Trans: 861.
Del Castillo J et al., (1975) Nature 253:365.
Dermanovic S et al, (1976) zit CA 87:98796h. |
Paul D. Blanc, M.D.
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 He is a big promoter of wormwood wine (a precursor of absinthe) as a therapeutic, for example.
The single most important text on metalworking from this period is De ReMetallica, by Georgius Agricola, who was also a German physician. Unlike Ellenbog's brief text, Agticola's was a near-encyclopedic tome on all aspects of metal mining, refining, and founding, informed in part by his personal experience as a mining town physician. De Re Metallica was first published in Latin in 1556 and was quickly translated for German and Italian editions. |
Bill Sardi
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| Artemisinin was isolated from wormwood in 1972 and researchers at the Walter Reed Army Institute crystallized the active component in 1984, as announced in the May 31st issue of Science magazine a year later. [Science 238:1049, 1985] In modern times, Chinese army researchers first began using artemisinin to treat malaria in the jungles of Vietnam in the early 1990s. Its first mention as an anti-cancer agent appears in the National Library of Medicine in 1992 and 1993. |
| Caisse) Hydrazine sulfate
(Joseph Gold MD)
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• Parasites • Cloves • wormwood • Black walnut hulls (Hulda Clark)
• Shark cartilage (William Lane PhD)
• Bacteria theory (Livingston-Wheeler)
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1960's
1970's
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1990's fraudulent cures that have little chance of prolonging survival. |
| Varieties of wormwood have been used for centuries, both as a moth repellant and pesticide, but also as a medicinal tea. Sadly, world health authorities have dragged their feet in using artemisinin to treat malaria, which has cost millions of lives, and are now snubbing artemisinin as a promising anti-cancer drug.
Artemisia is the starting material for the semi-synthetic artemisinin that is used to treat malaria. |
Andreas Moritz
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 There are a number of parasite cleanses using herbal remedies, such as wormwood, green hull walnut tincture and clove or similar formulas, that also have detoxifying effects. Cleansing both the liver and colon while doing this is also helpful because it reduces the impact that the "die-off may have on your blood and lymph. Such methods of parasite cleansing, however, can take a long time and may be only partially successful, with one exception that I know of.
The mineral substance—sodium chlorite—may have the most balanced and immediate effects among all parasite cleansers. |
Marshall Editions
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| Tinctures of gentian, centaury, yarrow, and wormwood have been used as bitters in cases of gastritis. Take 5-6 drops of the tincture, depending on the plant and the person's condition, on a short-term basis either with meals or just before until the symptoms resolve.
GASTROENTERITIS
DIAGNOSIS
Gastroenteritis is an inflammation of the gastro-intestinal tract, usually due to either food poisoning or a viral illness. It is very common and the usual symptoms include loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. |
| Herbs: Take 200 mg or 20 drops of wormwood, a common herbal therapy for intestinal worms and parasites, three times a day. Black walnut has also traditionally been used as a herbal formula to kill parasites. Adults should take 250 mg three times a day or 30 drops three times a day. Oregano oil kills many types of microorganisms, including parasites. Take 500 mg or 5 drops under the tongue three times a day. Goldenseal helps fight infection in the digestive tract. Take 30 drops or 30 mg four times a day. Ginger reduces intestinal cramping and has antiinflammatory effects. |
| Of course, the effectiveness of this treatment could just as well be due to the lemon itself. wormwood oil, though occasionally recommended, should be avoided because it is toxic to the liver when taken internally.
INCONTINENCE
DIAGNOSIS
Urinary incontinence occurs when the pressure in the bladder is greater than the pressure in the urethra and a person becomes unable to control when urine is released. |
James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D.
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Super Prescription #2 wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
Take 20 drops or 200 mg three times daily with meals. wormwood is a common herbal therapy for parasites and is generally used in a combination formula.
Super Prescription #3 Coptis (gold thread)
Take 20 drops or 200 mg three times daily with meals. This Chinese herb has I antiparasitic effects.
Super Prescription #4 Oregano oil (Origanum vulgare)
Take 500 mg of the capsule form four times daily or as directed on the container. Oregano oil has powerful antibacterial and antiparasitic effects. |
Ben-Erik van Wyk
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| Cultivation & harvesting wormwood thrives in temperate regions and is commonly grown in herb gardens even though it is now mainly of historic interest.
Uses & properties wormwood was once an important flavour ingredient of vermouth and other alcoholic beverages such as Pernod and pastis. Most famous (notorious) of all is absinthe, the popular French alcoholic drink (often referred to as "the green Muse") that was banned in 1915 because of its addictive, narcotic, hallucinogenic (and sometimes fatal) effects. Amongst the best-known victims was the Flemish artist Vincent van Gogh. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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 Total-Body Basic Cleanse Ingredients
Morning Formula artichoke blessed thistle burdock root dandelion echinacea fenugreek garlic green tea hawthorn berry horsetail kelp milkthistle mullein nettle oatstraw oregano parsley red clover turmeric wormwood yarrow yellow dock
Evening Formula buckthorn flaxseed marshmallow* rhubarb slippery elm triphala"
Total-Body Advanced Cleanse
The ideal advanced cleanse would be a blend of herbs and minerals formulated for deep total-body cleansing. |
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