Moonrise Herbs Blog — artemisia vulgaris

Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) has been used as a sacred and healing herb for many cultures throughout many generations. Though popularly known these days mainly for it's quality of enhancing lucid dreaming, Mugwort has a virtual panacea of healing properties. Mugwort makes a wonderful addition to the diet and offers a unique herbaceous bitter flavor that has seen it used in many culinary recipes and the leaves make a fun addition to a green salad! Fun fact: Mugwort was used prior to Hops in the making of beer! As with all Artemesias, Mugwort is a member of the Asteracea (Daisy) family....