Add to incenses of protection and purification. Sip a warm cup of Wood Betony tea and sleep on a pillow stuffed with the herb to prevent nightmares. Dioscorides' Greek Herbal , written in the first century C.E., calls for it's use as a remedy against intoxication. The ancient Egyptians used it for headaches. Wormwood has the potentially addictive substance Thujone in it.
Wormwood is used to kill internal worms, and as a tonic in bitters.
Early American colonists stored this herb with their clothing to protect the material from moth larvae. Wormwood is said to be dedicated to Diana in some old witches Grimoires. Witches burned it to raise spirits. Used in divination and clairvoyance incenses. Burn on fires at Samhain to gain protection from roaming spirits.