Symptom → Plant Sources
Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) as a tool for helping with Bloating
inferred from digestive action
2 sources supporting Wormwood for Bloating. Includes scientific publications, books, monographs and traditional-use references.
Mechanistic basis
This use is associated with the plant's digestive aid action. Further evidence for that pharmacology:
This review covers Artemisia absinthium (wormwood) in the history of medicine and the latest advances in its phytochemistry (essential oil, sesquiterpene lactones, flavonoids) and its therapeutic, cosmetological and culinary uses, including digestive, antimicrobial and antioxidant applications.
Aqueous extracts of Artemisia absinthium exerted a gastroprotective effect against gastric lesions in rodents, providing experimental support for the traditional use of wormwood for stomach pain and digestive disorders.