Wormwood Herb (Artemisia absinthium): The Ultimate Bitter Tonic
Wormwood — Artemisia absinthium — is one of the most intensely bitter herbs in the entire Western materia medica, its name absinthium deriving from the Greek…
Wormwood — Artemisia absinthium — is one of the most intensely bitter herbs in the entire Western materia medica, its name absinthium deriving from the Greek…
Wormseed — Carpesium abrotanoides — is a plant of the Asteraceae family native to East Asia, whose traditional application as an antiparasitic for intestinal…
Wood Betony — Stachys betonica (also Betonica officinalis) — is one of the most celebrated herbs of the medieval British and European herbal tradition, carrying…
Witch Hazel Leaf — the folium (leaf) preparation of Hamamelis virginiana — offers a gentler, less intensely tannin-rich preparation than the bark, making it…
Wintergreen — Gaultheria procumbens — is a small, evergreen ground-covering plant native to the forests of eastern North America, whose leaves and oil carry…
Wild Yam Root — Dioscorea villosa — is a North American climbing vine whose root carries one of the most discussed and most misunderstood…
Wild Lettuce — Lactuca virosa — is a tall, prickly biennial of roadsides and waste ground, the wild ancestor of cultivated lettuce but with…
Wild Indigo — Baptisia tinctoria — is a North American prairie plant with striking yellow flowers that was used by Native American peoples for…
Wild Carrot — Daucus carota — is the ancestor of the cultivated carrot, growing on dry grasslands and roadsides throughout Britain as Queen Anne’s…