HERB - sweet annie

[Gaylin J. Walli]

Baroness Leonora wrote:

>If it grows pretty tall with an airy habit, it sounds right!  It smells
>like a spicy sweet to me with subtle artimeisia over tones.  Have you
>surfed for a picture to make sure?

That certainly sounds right. I've found some drawings but no
pictures. This one:

    http://flora.harvard.edu/china/images/artemilo.gif

seems to look very close, so I'm guessing I'm right.
Something I found at this site as well, interestingly,
is that Sweet Annie is being examined in China for its
strong effect on HIV. I knew about its use as a treatment
for drug-resistant strains of malaria, but this HIV
research makes me happy. I always am interested in it.

I don't suppose anyone has made lye-based soap with
the oil before? You might have called it "annual
wormwood oil"? Or potpourri perhaps? I'm really just
musing on possible uses... :)

Jasmine
iasmin de cordoba
iasmin at home.com
gwalli at ptc.com
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