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Traditional & Medicinal Uses :
An aromatic anti-bacterial plant; recent research has shown that it destroys malarial parasites, lowers fevers and checks bleeding. It is often used in the Tropics as an affordable and effective anti-malarial. The leaves are antiperiodic, antiseptic, digestive, febrifuge. An infusion of the leaves is used internally to treat fevers, colds, diarrhoea, etc. Sweet Wormwood is also traditionally smoked as a herbal tobac.co.
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The plant contains artemisinin, this substance has proved to be a dramatically effective anti-malarial against multi-drug resistant Plasmodium spp. Clinical trials have shown it to be 90% effective and more successful than standard drugs. In a trial of 2000 patients, all were cured of the disease.
An essential oil in the leaves is used as a flavouring in spirits such as vermouth.
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