What is it?
Tanacetum Vulgare (Tansy) is a strong aromatic weed growing in uncultivated areas, along roadsides, rivers, etc. It grows all over Europe and in North America. It is also used as a botanical extract in various commercial products.

How can I avoid it?
You should avoid contact with this substance. Avoidance requires reading labels, package inserts, and on occasion, direct communication with the manufacturer.

Uses:
• Popular folk remedy medicinals
  • Herbal remedy
  • Vermifuge (agent that is destructive to worms)
• Skin and hair care
  • Perfumery
  • Cosmetics
  • Moisturizers/serums
  • Shampoos
  • Sun balms
  • Shaving products
• Flavoring
  • Seasoning
  • Tea
• Insect repellant
• Insecticide
• Traditional dyes

Contains:
• Sesquiterpene lactone arbusculin-A
• Tanacetin

Other names for Tanacetum Vulgare:
• Bitter buttons
• Parsley fern
• Tansy
• Tansy extract
• Common tansy
• Cow bitter
• Mugwort
• Golden-buttons
• Garden tansy

Potential cross-reacting/co-reacting substances:
• Other plants within the Compositae family

How safe is it?

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