Artemisia Annua tincture

Product description

The Latin name is Artemisia annua. Other Dutch names are: Summer Wormwood, Sweet Wormwood, Annual Mugwort or Sweet Annie. It is a large and beneficial, camphor-like-scented, annual plant with a bright green fine leaf and inconspicuous small green-yellow flowers. In China this plant is called Qing Hao and is one of the most important herbs since ancient Chinese times.

The sweet or annual wormwood grows fast just like wild mugwort and has a soft appearance and a striking fresh scent with bright green fern-like leaves and cloudy bright yellow flower clusters. The plant can grow to 2 meters high and is part of a genus with 500 species that mainly grow in temperate climates of Eurasia and North America.  Annual mugwort is actually a half shrub and grows on sandy, well-drained, slightly calcareous soil in the sun but tolerates less favorable conditions such as drought and poor soil well. The perennial mugwort multiplies by the seeds being carried by the wind or via the rhizomes. The annual artemisia is less dominant and does not occur in the wild in the Netherlands.

Novel Food

Green Vitality explicitly does not sell Artemisia annua as a food, food supplement or herbal preparation. Artemisia annua is a Novel Food. This means that it is not permitted to be sold for internal use within the EU. At the moment, it is permitted to sell it as an aroma or as an external tick-repellent fragrance. Artemisia annua can also be used to treat tick bites externally and as a soil improver. For these applications we offer Artemisia annua.

This product information cannot replace the advice of a doctor or therapist. Always consult your doctor or therapist if you are taking medication. This product is not a registered medicine but a herbal preparation. A food supplement may not be used as a substitute for a varied and balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle.