Description
Botanical name: Artemisia Annua
Sweet Annie is indigenous to Central Africa and Madagascar. It is revered for its anti-viral properties and important in the fight against malaria. Sweet Annie has a fresh and sweet fragrance, but a bitter and pungent taste profile (like all wormwoods). The Artemisia genus consist of 400 species and occurr naturally all over the world and can be divided into three groups – the wormwoods, mugworts and sagebrushes. They are revered for its armoatic, medicinal and mystical properties. Also, every culture around the world has incorporated Artemisias as part of their meteria medica, including Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese medicine, African diviners, Curanderismo from the Americas, Pre-modern Western Medicine and Traditional Persian Medicine. In Ancient Egypt it formed part of the embalbing recipes and temple rituals. In modern Western medicine Artemisinin (from A. annua) is used in maleria medication. Thujone, and absinthin (from Common Wormwood) is used in digestive bitters. The popular drink Absinthe is also made from this wormwood. Artemias are used in countless herbal teas and neutraceuticals for a variety of ailments and for their anti-microbial affects.
All Artemisias has anti-paracitic, anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory constituents. On an emotional/energetic levels Artemisias are incredibly helpful, strengthening courage, protection, and severing from paracitic habits, thought patterns and external energies.
