DESCRIPTION:
Mugwort oil is taken from aromatic perennial herb that has red-purple stems & deeply cut, dark green leaves with white undersides. Well recognized for its digestive properties, the essential oil forms fine blend with other essential oils and are steam distilled from panicles of tiny red-brown flowers appearing in summer.
BLENDS WITH:
Cedar wood, lavandin, clary sage, oak moss, pine, patchouli, rosemary, sage.
CONSTITUENTS:
alpha thujone, cineole, beta thujone, camphene, camphone, camphor, linalool, thujone, 4-terpineole, borneol, alpha-cardinol and further mono- and sesquiterpenes.
COMMON NAMES:
Mugwort, Cronewort, Mugwort, St. John's Plant.
USES:
Mugwort oil is reputed to have anti-spasmodic, carminative, diaphoretic, choleretic, diuretic, nervine, emmenagogue, orexigenic & stimulant properties. It is also known to be used to expel control fever, worms and as a digestive remedy.
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Botonical Name |
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Artemisia vulgaris |
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CAS # |
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8022-37-5 |
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Country of Origin |
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Morocco |
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Color & Odor |
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pale yellow in colour with a herbaceous, camphorous, sage-like scent |
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Solubility |
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insoluble in water |
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Specific Gravity |
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0.8786 to 0.9265 at 25C |
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Optical Rotation |
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[-] 13.25- [-] 29.35 at 25C |
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Refractive Index |
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1.350 - 1.49 at 25C |
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Flash Point |
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>61 C |
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Major Constituents |
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1,8 cineol, camphor, linalool, thujone, 4-terpineole, borneol, alpha-cardinol and further mono- and sesquiterpenes. |
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Extraction Method |
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Steam Distillation |