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Absinthe WormwoodAbsinthe is a liquor made out of the herb grand wormwood, lat. artemisia absinthium. The leaves are silvery green and the plant is growing up to 1.5 meters. Wormwood contains the oil thujone, which was the cause for Absinthe prohibition at the fin de siecle. Thujone is a monoterpenoid ketone also appearing in sage, thuja and, according to some sources, in a close relative of mugwort, southernwood. Wormwood is commonly hold responsible for the toxicity of wormwood-flavoured alcoholics, particularly Absinthe, the “drug of the age” in France a hundred years ago. Absinthe is a potent liquour flavoured with anise, fennel, plenty of wormwood and other plants; it is drunk together with water and sugar. Dried wormwood plant:
Wormwood Consumption Besides its usage in Absinthe you can also brew a tea out of wormwood. Soak 1 teaspoon in a cup of hot (non-boiling) water. The tea has a bitter taste, which hardly can be avoided. You can mix it with peppermint leaves or anise or add sugar, but it still will keep its significant taste. Wormwood is used medically as a tonic, stomachic, febrifuge and anthelmintic. Wormwood is also used to give some other alcoholic beverages its taste. For example the commonly known "Vermouth" (Martini), where dried wormwood used to give the wine ist specific taste. Anyway, Martini contains no thujone.
Wormwood CultivationWormwood likes a shady situation, and is easily propagated by division of roots in the autumn, by cuttings, or by seeds sown in the autumn soon after they are ripe. No further care is needed than to keep free from weeds. Plant about 2 feet apart each way.
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