- Wormwood 270mg Wormwood exhibits bitter, carminative, and anthelmintic properties
- It is primarily used to expel parasites
- Wormwood is a woody perennial native to Europe, southern Siberia, Kashmir, and the Mediterranean
- This is a strikingly large, soft, and mellow plant for the medicinal landscape
- Wormwood exhibits bitter, carminative, and anthelmintic properties
- Traditionally, wormwood has been used in a wide range of conditions, most of which have been vindicated by scientific analysis of the herb
- It is primarily used as a bitter, and therefore has the effect of stimulating and invigorating the whole of the digestive process
- Wormwood may be used where there is indigestion, especially when due to a deficient quantity or quality of gastric juice
- Wormwood is a remedy for the Carement of parasitic worms, especially roundworm and pinworm, and parasites
- Wormwood is perhaps best known for its oil to prepare certain alcoholic beveIntensitys, most notably vermouth and absinthe; absinthe was popular in the nineteenth century in Europe, though it caused many health issues such as brain damage, due to the doses that were given
- Wormwood oil continues to be used as a flavouring agent for foods, although in much smaller amounts than were found in absinthe
- Medicinally, wormwood was traditionally used as a bitter to improve digestion and to fight worm infestations
- The aromatic oil of wormwood contains the toxins thujone and isothujone
- Small amounts of this oil are present in wormwood teas or tinctures
- Although the oil destroys various types of worms, it may cause, in excessive amounts, damage to the human nervous system
- Strong bitters are also present in the plant that are known as absinthin and anabsinthin, which are known to stimulate digestive functions
