ARTEMISIA VULGARIS.
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
A. vulgaris, Linn.
Nat. order , Compositæ.
Common names , Wormwood, Mugwort, Beifuss, etc.
Preparation , Tincture of the root.
Authority.
Noack and Trinks.
- Increase of the epileptic paroxysms.
- Irritation of the nervous system.
- Profuse sweat, having a peculiarly characteristic, fetid, cadaverous odor, resembling the odor of garlic.
- Violent contractions of the uterus; labor pains.
- Prolapsus, rupture of the uterus.
- Miscarriage.
- Profuse menstruation; metrorrhagia.
- Increase of the lochial discharge.