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Description Wormwood is a bitter and aromatic plant, which can be used in many forms, such as getting rid of some serious diseases, defending autoimmunity, making essential oil and preventing devils. In addition to the detailed information, wormwood has some limitations, like ban for pregnant and strict content levels. For the pregnant, the function of expediting blood circulation may contribute to abortion whereas, for the common, they also ought to control the content of food made up of wormwood. However, although it has banned substance and has been asked to sell legally in most countries, it can also be purchased at any level of content on the Internet. Wormwood grows in Europe, northeast and northcentral regions of the United States and most parts of Asia. Some countries consider the wormwood is native to their land, so most of them have their history about the growth. Titles of the sections: -	Background -	History -	Natural distribution -	Use o	Medical use o	Living use o	Material -	Limitations

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Erowid Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) Vault. (2019). Retrieved from https://www.erowid.org/plants/wormwood/

This page is beneficial because readers can find some information about botanical classification that Family, Genus and Species respectively belong to Composite, Artemisia and Absinthian. It is used primarily in the ‘Background’.

Skyles, J., & Sweet, V. (2004). Wormwood. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 61(3), 239–241.

This article provides an excellent perspective on the detailed information of wormwood. From the first sentence, readers can know the scientific name of wormwood is Artemisia absinthium. It is a perennial shrub with silvery- green leafy stems and yellow flowers that grow up to approximate 2 meters, which is also used in the ‘Background’. This article is reliable due to the specialized qualifications of the authors who have published a professional journal about American Health- System Pharmacy. This source also includes a constructive criticism about the content of use of wormwood, which proposes to set the minimised level of intake and insists that some countries should make the contribution to limit the purchase with an online channel that can be used in the section- ‘Limitations'.

Herbs, B., & Guide, H. (2019). Wormwood Herb - Superstition, History and Herbal Use. Retrieved from https://usesofherbs.com/wormwood LI, S. (2018). What the use of wormwood is during the period of the Dragon Boat Festival- having five ways to use. Retrieved from https://360wz.guahao.com/article/detail/oXUiV296953

According to these two URL links, there are many differences between Artemisia of Chinese tradition and Western development. Some specific examples in the sources which can be provided for readers to check quickly. In Ancient Egypt, western people took advantage of Artemisia as a herb which could help accelerate the circulation of blood and increase the birth date. During the Middle age, a man used those plants to express implied admiration and pursuit of a woman. However, in ancient China, there was a crowd of people making humanlike models made up of wormwood to memorise the giant – Qu Yuan in the Dragon Boat Festival. Meanwhile, the text mentions that there is a similarity that adults would make use of wormwood near newborns’ beds or inserting wormwood into the door frame to prevent devils from harming. In the 16th century, people also protected babies by burning wormwood or putting wreath through wormwood on babies’ heads from devils which people believed they would take the babies. Also, for ‘Living use’, whatever pursing women, preventing devils or building models, it seems that wormwood is significant in humans' lives. Individually, in the "Wormwood Herb - Superstition, History and Herbal Use “, it supplies a video which itemises the pictures of wormwood, including the appearance and the molecular structure. Moreover, in the ‘what the use of wormwood is during the period of the Dragon Boat Festival- having five ways to use’, this article states that even though wormwood is useful for daily life, it still has some limitations need to demonstrate. It suggests that it must not be close to women who are pregnant which is quite essential. The function of activating blood circulation to dissipate basis will lead to abortion that also adds the reliability to the content of the website because it is written by a professional in China.

Barney, J. N.; DiTommaso, A. (2002). "The biology of Canadian weeds. 118. Artemisia vulgaris L.". Canadian Journal of Plant Science. 83 (1): 205–215. doi:10.4141/P01-098

This source will be used in the ‘Natural distribution ‘of sections. The author of the book illustrates that nitrogenous soils, such as weedy, uncultivated and waste areas, even moist roadsides, is fit for germination.

Plants Profile for Artemisia vulgaris (common wormwood). (2019). Retrieved from https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ARVU

https://www.eddmaps.org/distribution/usstate.cfm?sub=5121

The website provides an opportunity attaching to the image of the distribution of Artemisia in leading countries, which is a supplementary and instruction of ‘Natural distribution’.

American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.idosi.org/aejaes/jaes15(7)15/30.pdf Wormwood Plant - Absinthe Fever. (2019). Retrieved from https://www.absinthefever.com/wormwood CHHC, A. (2017). Wormwood: The Herb Kills Parasites & Cancer Cells! Retrieved from https://draxe.com/wormwood/

Three sources referred above can be taken consideration to explain the medical value of wormwood that can be used in the ‘Medical Use’, which can satisfy treatment for various diseases like Malaria and Crohn's diseases. There is a brief explanation of recent research that it could eliminate most of breast cancer cells in 16 hours by testing. Cancer cells speed up the cell division by soaking iron. When the levels of iron in the breast cancer cells and normal breast cells were maximised simultaneously, they were then treated by a liquid herbal formula from an extract of wormwood. Under this circumstance, cancer cells absorbing more iron attributes to more attack. This recent research provides a shred of biological evidence, and representative that introduces the most meaningful problems of wormwood can face.

Wormwood Uses, Benefits & Dosage - Drugs.com Herbal Database. (2019). Retrieved from https://www.drugs.com/npp/wormwood.html

This link covers an essential edibleness of Artemisia which can be a material of volatile oil which belongs to ‘Material’ of ‘Use’. The author finds that wormwood contains approximate 1% pleasant- smelling volatile oil that can manufacture Huoxiangzhenqi water.

Conclusion: In conclusion, the notable title is under the Biology Wikiproject,. I have contained and explained all details of wormwood by providing more than five proper references that are from relevant sources and are not original resources. All of them I choose to use the APA referencing style. In the article, I will also show some images and videos about wormwood to prove this article is verifiable.