Absinthe (Wormwood) Essential Oil 1/3 fl oz

Absinthe is traditionally used as a tea a strong decoction a smoke or as an alcoholic extract a liquer. Absinthe is above all a stomach medicine being useful for indigestion gastric pain and lack of appetite as well as the related problems of heartburn and flatulence fevers dysentery asthma burns anemia. It is also said to be helpful for liver insufficiency by stimulating liver and gallbladder secretions jaundice. Anthelmintic choleretic deodorant emmenagogue febrifuge insect repellent narcotic stimulant (digestive) tonic vermifuge. Absinthe blends well with oak moss jasmine orange and lavender Pure Absinthe oil is poisonous. Relatively small doses may cause nervous disorders convulsions insomnia nightmares and other symptoms. Do not take large doses. Contraindicated in pregnancy. If you are pregnant do not use Absinthe. The 1997 Commission E on Phytotherapy and Herbal Substances of the German Federal Institute for Drugs recommends absinthe for 'Loss of appetite dyspepsia biliary dyskinesia. Daily dosage: 2 - 3 g of herb as water infusion. Mode of Administration: Cut herb for infusions and decoctions herb powder also extracts and tinctures as liquid or solid forms of medication for oral administration.' Yes absinthe is an inebriating pipeful - its psychoactive thujones seem to bind to the same receptor as THC. Several species of Artemisia are also smoked for visionary effect by some Indian tribes. Edgar Allen Poe loved the famous alcoholic tincture and lookit what he did. Although the oil destroys various types of worms long-term use due to the mildly toxic thujones is not recommended. Ordinary Absinthe teas or tinctures however contain very little thujone and are considered safe for short-term use. Absinthe herb is safe enough to be recommended by the German Commission E. This esential oil however is thujone-rich and is not safe for ingestion. Also present in the plant are strong bitter agents known as absinthin and anabsinthin. These stimulate digestive function including gall bladder function. Grieve's classic 'A Modern Herbal': 'The chief constituent is a volatile oil of which the herb yields in distillation from 0.5 to 1.0 per cent. It is usually dark green or sometimes blue in colour and has a strong odour and bitter acrid taste. The oil contains thujone (absinthol or tenacetone) thujyl alcohol (both free and combined with acetic isovalerianic succine and malic acids) cadinene phellandrene and pinene. The herb also contains the bitter glucoside absinthin absinthic acid together with tannin resin starch nitrate of potash and other salts.' 'Medicinal Action and Uses: Tonic stomachic febrifuge anthelmintic.' 'A nervine tonic particularly helpful against the falling sickness and for flatulence. It is a good remedy for enfeebled digestion and debility.' 'A light infusion of the tops of the plant used fresh is excellent for all disorders of the stomach creating an appetite promoting digestion and preventing sickness after meals but it is said to produce the contrary effect if made too strong.' 'The flowers dried and powdered are most effectual as a vermifuge and used to be considered excellent in agues. The essential oil of the herb is used as a worm-expeller the spirituous extract being preferable to that distilled in water. The leaves give out nearly the whole of their smell and taste both to spirit and water but the cold water infusions are the least offensive.' 'The intensely bitter tonic and stimulant qualities have caused Wormwood not only to be an ingredient in medicinal preparations but also to be used in various liqueurs of which absinthe is the chief the basis of absinthe being absinthol extracted from Wormwood. Wormwood as employed in making this liqueur bears also the name 'Wermuth' - preserver of the mind - from its medicinal virtues as a nervine and mental restorative. If not taken habitually it soothes spinal irritability and gives tone to persons of a highly nervous temperament. Suitable allowances of the diluted liqueur will promote salutary perspiration and may be given as a vermifuge.' 'The drug absinthium is rarely employed but it might be of value in nervous diseases such as neurasthenia as it stimulates the cerebral hemispheres and is a direct stimulant of the cortex cerebri. When taken to excess it produces giddiness and attacks of epileptiform convulsions.' 'Absinthium occurs in the British Pharmacopoeia in the form of extract infusion and tincture and is directed to be extracted also from A. maritima the Sea Wormwood which possesses the same virtues in a less degree and is often more used as a stomachic than the Common Wormwood.' Essential and resin oils are volatile fragrant materials extracted from the root bark wood seed fruit leaf or flower of a single plant. Essential oils contain the odor taste and medicinal properties of the plant itself but in very concentrated form with no base oil alcohol water or dilutants added. Steam distillation and cold pressing are used to extract the essential oil from the plant. Starwest Essential Oils are guaranteed to be 100% pure and undiluted. The distillation process occurs either at the site where the plants are grown or at a distillery. Each oil is tested for purity and strength using the gas chromatography method. Packaged in glass amber bottles to preserve the oils the 1/3 ounce size has a fitted dropper insert and a tamper-evident child-proof lid. The larger items are in amber glass or PET gallon containers depending on the product. Starwest’s pure essential oils are suitable for use in aromatherapy cosmetic preparation healing and body care potpourris and more. 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