04/08/2026
| Meet Mugwort
🌿 She is ancient, beautiful, famous and has danced, dallied, mingled and defended the very poor to the very rich throughout time and geography, touching everyone she meets.
🌿 You might be wandering the lanes admiring hedgerows and you will smell her aromatic, earthy scent on the air, mixed in with honeysuckle, before you see her.
🌿 Take a moment to admire her beautiful rich coloured leaves, the underside lined a ethereal silvery green
🌿 Mugwort - Artemisia vulgaris
🌿 We recognise her through her leaves - deep green on top and a silvery white with hairs underneath.
🌿 The leaves are pinnate which means that they have a feather like structure around a central stem and can vary from narrow, spear like leaves to much broader leaves.
🌿 The stem is tall, erect, grooved and covered in tiny hairs
🌸 When she blooms between summer and autumn, her flowers are plentiful, small and a reddish/brown shade.
🌿 Mugwort takes her name from Artemis, the Greek goddess associated with the moon and the wild. For centuries, it has been linked with dreaming, intuition and inner vision, inviting us to explore what lies beneath the surface.
🌿 Herbalists have worked with Mugwort to support reflection, deepen self-awareness and reconnect with the quieter wisdom of the subconscious.
🌿 She is an aromatic bitter, and that is pretty obvious from the first moments of encountering her through scent and taste!
🌿 Bitter herbs were a big part of our lives at one time, taken before eating as they are wonderful for stimulating digestion and flow in the body.
🌿 Aromatics have the power to stimulate blood and circulation.
🌿 She is a powerful force and is known as the Mother of Herbs
🌿 She is a wonderful birthing herb and is known to trigger the dreams that we need (not that we necessarily want).
🌿 She cleanses spaces and is often transformed into a smudge stick for this purpose.
You can read more about her in 'The Sensory Herbal Handbook' written by us - Link in bio 🌿
