Artemisia Vulgaris plants seem to have originated in Eastern Europe and Western Asia. Most of these species are found growing wild and abundantly all over the temperate and cold temperate zones of the world. A very common weed in Central Europe, Southeastern Europe, India, China and Japan is the Artemisia Vulgaris. An essential oil is steam distilled from the dried herb in the South of France, in Morocco, Germany, Hungary, India, China and Japan. The French oil is known as essence d'Armoise. Artemisia Vulgaris Oil is a Pale yellow or almost Colorless liquid. The odor is powerful, fresh camphoraceous, somewhat green and bitter sweet, with a cedarleaf like topnote and a sage rosemary like bodynote. The dryout is very pleasant, sweet herbaceous and tea like. The flavor of Artemisia Vulgaris Oil is warm, almost pungent, but also bitter sweet, showing a slightly cooling effect in higher dilution. It should be kept in mind that there are numerous types of this oil on the market and that wide variations in odor and flavor can be expected according to the origin of the oil. infusions of the dried herb are used in Europe for gargles in the same way as infusions of Dalmatian sage herb.