Wormwood

🌿 Wormwood - 5g

Scientific Name: Artemisia absinthium
Also Known As: Absinthe, Sagebrush, Green Ginger, Mugwort’s Cousin

Description

Wormwood is a tall, silvery-green perennial with deeply divided, aromatic leaves and small yellow flowers. Its pungent, bitter scent carries a sharp energy of purification and psychic protection. This herb has long been revered as a guide in divination and a guardian against unwanted spirits, making it both medicinal and magical in its uses.

Magical Properties

Wormwood carries strong protective and divinatory energy. It is often used to ward off negative influences, enhance psychic abilities, and aid spiritual journeys. It also stimulates courage, insight, and clarity when facing challenges.

• Element: Air & Fire

• Planetary Correspondence: Jupiter & Mars

• Deities: Hecate, Artemis, Odin

• Uses:

  • Burn as incense or sprinkle in ritual circles for protection and purification.

  • Use in divination, dream pillows, or scrying to enhance psychic perception.

  • Carry or place on altars to ward off malevolent spirits or energy.

  • Brew in ritual teas for courage, insight, and spiritual guidance.

Medicinal Properties

Wormwood is traditionally used as a digestive tonic and antimicrobial herb, supporting the liver and gastrointestinal system.

• Actions: Bitter tonic, digestive stimulant, antimicrobial, antiparasitic, nervine.

• Common Uses:

  • Supports digestion and alleviates bloating or indigestion.

  • Helps cleanse the body of parasites.

  • May promote liver and gallbladder function.

  • Traditionally used in bitters, tinctures, and infusions for overall vitality.

• Energetics: Drying, warming, cleansing, stimulating.

(Disclaimer: For educational purposes only. Not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Consult a qualified herbal practitioner before internal use, especially during pregnancy or if taking medications.)