User:Herb5902/Bitter Wormwood

(AKA artemisia absinthium)

 α-santonin

Benefits:

• thujone was found to increase the duration of sleep and improve sleep quality in mice.
• Antioxidant and antibacterial activities of Artemisia absinthium and Citrus paradisi extracts repress viability of aggressive liver cancer cell line
• carminative
• blood sugar
  • has an effective in insulin-sensitizing action
  • ROS
• renal fibrosis
• Antiparasitic
• anti-helminthic
  • nematodes
• Antifungal
• antibacterial
  • Staphylococcus aureus
• Intracellular viruses
  • herpes,
  • HIV-1 integrase and
  • influenza virus A
• diarrhea due to Crohn's disease
• pain

Side Effects:

• neurotoxic
• digestive upset,
• kidney failure,
• nausea,
• vomiting, and
• seizures.