05/05/2025
This past weekend at the GA Renaissance festival, we were asked by patrons for Mugwort for breathing difficulties. I don't know where they are getting this information, but we strongly advise doing plenty of research before just running into a store for herbs, supplements or anything for a condition and hoping it works. You may not have good information! Mugwort isn't for lung issues. Mullein leaf has received a lot of publicity for that. Mugwort, if ingested in a tea, must be in small, measured amounts. It's used for female issues among other things but mostly in salves EXTERNALLY. Don't go with just one piece of information in a blog as truth. A good source is The American Botanical Council, or books like Commission E monographs, Potters New Cyclopedia of Botanicals where actual research and contraindications are noted.