Wormwood (Ermen ot)
Artemisia stelleriana
About Wormwood (Ermen ot)
Wormwood (Ermen ot) (Artemisia stelleriana) is a herb used in the Kazakh & Central Asian Medicine tradition to help with Digestive Issues, Fever, Worms, and Liver Support, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Artemisia stelleriana is an Asian and North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It is native to China (Heixiazi Island in Heilongjiang Province), Japan, Korea, Russian Far East (Sakhalin, Kuril Islands, Yakutia, Kamchatka Peninsula), and the Aleutian Islands in the United States. The species is widely cultivated as an ornamental and naturalized in scattered locations in North America, primarily on coastal dunes and other sandy locations, as well as in Scandinavia. Common names include
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist