What is sweet Annie?

Sweet Annie, also known as Sweet Wormwood, is a bushy herb that came from Asia and Europe and is now growing around the world. In gardens it is not commonly visible and often considered weeds because it is very durable and easy to spread. Although this plant is not very attractive, it is sometimes grown for its pleasant and intoxicating scent. Since antiquity, it has also been used for a number of medicinal applications. It has one stem and plants on average 6 1/2 feet (2 meters). Sometimes it is dried for use in flower arrangements, in which it makes a good filling plant or in wreaths. It also holds its green color and pleasant scent when it is dried and makes a nice accessory to the bags. People sometimes stain it to provide a color accent of dried floral arrangement.Ted after any chance of frost. It is annual and reappears every year without much effort of the gardener. More effort is needed to keep it under control than to make sure it flourishes. Some people can develop a rash from manipulation with thoseIto plants, but their spraying is sprayed before the harvest can help.

The use of Sweet Annie in medicine dates back to ancient China, where it was used to treat fever. In 1970 he led the text of the 4th century. A drug developed from the plant was used to treat malaria in Chinese soldiers deployed in Vietnam. Artemisinin, an anti -malarial present in Sweet Annie, was first extracted in 1972 and is still used around the world, although usually combined with other antimalars.

Sweet Annie is sometimes also administered in Majiform, although the effectiveness of this method is questionable. In addition to the treatment of malaria, he recently showed a promise against certain types of cancer, especially breast cancer, prostate cancer and leukemia.

in China, especially the province of Hubei, people marinate this plant in rice vinegar and eat it asSalad like a delicacy. It is highly valued and often costs more than meat.