Thoughts on Artemesia

[nightrythm]

I made a tea from a spoonful of dry herb Artemisia Alba last night. *shudder* Holy crap that stuff was awful. I spit it out immediately. It did not taste the way I remember. The fresh herb was much greener and really only used a sprig or two. It was still increadibly unpleasant but tolerable when buried under mounds of honey.

I will need to experiment tonight, using the Artemesia Vulgaris (which is green) instead of the Artemesia Alba (which was brown) and use less herb.

Comments

[cerrberus.livejournal.com]

What's the relationship between say, mugwort and A. tridentata, or Mojave desert sagebrush?
::rummagerummage:: dammit, I had a field guide to Native American plant uses here somewhere

[nightrythm]

I'm not totally sure. The herbal book I've been referencing lately actually just lumps all of the Artemesias together. The author says I coud use any of them for the same purpose.

Where as I'm guessing some are stronger than others and have different levels of effectiveness for different things. It definitely warrents more study though.

[nightrythm]

Also, it does mean that if I can identify Majave desert sagebrush and find myself stranded in the desert during my period, I have something to take for cramps. :-)