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Mugwort Tea.
Silver-backed mugwort leaf and flowering top, wild-crafted in the Carpathian foothills, for a small, bitter, aromatic cup before bed. In folklore, the herb of vivid dreams. Not for use in pregnancy.
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About this product
Midsummer's eve, the longest light of the year, and in the old European calendar the night to gather mugwort, when its folk reputation was said to be strongest. A wayside herb with leaves silver-backed on the underside, it has been drunk as a bedtime tea across European folk tradition for centuries.
This is Artemisia vulgaris, cut leaf and flowering top, wild-crafted from the Carpathian foothills rather than field-grown. It keeps company with wormwood and southernwood in the same bitter, aromatic branch of the daisy family, and it tastes faintly bitter on the tongue. Folklore associates it in particular with vivid, memorable dreaming, a reputation that has followed the plant for centuries without ever quite being explained.
Details
- Plant: Mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris
- Cut: Leaf and flowering top
- Origin: Wild-crafted, Carpathian foothills
How to use
Steep a teaspoon per cup for four minutes only; mugwort turns sharply bitter if left longer, and a little honey softens what remains. Keep the cup small and take it shortly before bed as an evening ritual. This tea is not a treatment for any sleep disorder and no substitute for medical advice. Mugwort is not recommended during pregnancy.
A small, bitter cup for the threshold of the night.
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