MEDICINAL BENEFITS OF WORMWOOD.

In folk medicine, wormwood has also been used for poor digestion and preventing sickness after meals, lack of intestinal muscle tone, inflammation of the digestive tract, stomach-ache, liver disorders, anaemia, menstrual problems, occasional fevers, colds, rheumatism, jaundice, diabetes, arthritis and flatulence. Externally it has been used to aid wound healing and as a remedy for insect bites and skin ulcers and blotches.
Wormwood has also been used to improve blood circulation, as a cardiac stimulant, as a pain reliever for women during labour and as an agent against tumours and cancers.
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An old love charm.
On st. lukes day, take marigold flowers, a sprig of marjoram, thyme, and a little wormwood; dry them before a fire, rub them to powder; then sift through a fine piece of lawn, and a simmer it over a slow fire, adding a small quantity of virgin honey, and vinegar. Anoint yourself with this when you go to bed, saying the following lines three times, and you will dream of your partner
“that is to be”:

“St Luke, st Luke, be kind to me,
In dreams let me my true-love see”.