Discover the main characteristics of this medicinal plant.
IZTAUHYATL, ALTAMIZA, AJENJO DEL PAÍS OR AZUMATE.
(Artemisia ludoviciana) Nutt. Family: Compositae.
This plant is found throughout the Mexican territory and its main use is against digestive ailments such as parasites and intestinal infections and colic. The treatment consists of using the branches and other plants such as rue, chamomile, skunk epazote and cooked mint and drinking it as water for use. It has also been recommended against bile, liver conditions, body pain, loss of appetite, rheumatism, poor digestion, gastritis, angina, bronchitis and kidney discomfort, diabetes, eye irritation, earache, nerves, dizziness and headache. sterility and menstrual problems. In some regions of the country, the branches are used for cleaning, fallen head, evil eye and scare.
Very aromatic herb up to 1 m high, with whitish branches and leaves divided into three, like elongated strips. The flowers are yellowish and like abundant heads. It lives in warm, semi-warm, semi-dry and temperate climates. It occurs in the wild and is associated with the tropical deciduous, subperenifolia and evergreen forests; xerophilous scrub and mountain mesophilic forests, oak and pine.
