Dried African Wormwood – 25g

Dried African Wormwood (Artemisia afra) leaves and stems, sold in 25g packets. It is also known as wild wormwood, wilde-als, umhlonyane, mhlonyane, lengana and zengana.

Benefits of African Wormwood:

1. Highly regarded as a treatment for colds, flu, sore throats and bronchial and respiratory conditions like pneumonia, asthma, whooping cough, croup, bronchitis and coughs.
2. An infusion of leaves is also used for the treatment of diabetes.
3. The steam from leaves boiled in water is inhaled to relieve the symptoms of respiratory ailments, and the vapour from a hot infusion is used to steam the throat of scarlet fever patients.
4. A common practice is also to insert fresh leaves into the nostrils to clear blocked nasal passages.

Uses for Dried African Wormwood

1. Infusions & Decoctions
2. Inhalant
3. Poultice

African Wormwood Tea

Add a quarter cup of fresh or dried leaves to a cup of boiling water. Allow the infusion to draw for 10 min. Then strain the mixture and the add some honey to sweeten the tea.