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Smoking Wormwood

Wormwood has had a long, and sometimes unhappy relationship with man. The first mention of the herb is in the Ebers papyrus, a medical document dating to 1550 B.C. The Egyptians used it as a vermifuge, as did many later cultures, and the name wormwood may refer to this property of ridding the body of worms. The name might also be a corruption of the German vermut, which means “preserver of the mind”, referring to its other well known property of altering mental states.

Wormwood is the common name for the genus artemisia, a small flowery plant. Because of its toxicity, wormwood was used as a intestinal worm killer, hence the name.

Wormwood is a psychoactive ingredient that has different effects throughout the body and it is a herb traditionally used in medicine. There are a hundred and eighty known species in the world, each one with different properties. This wormwood plant is small and has yellow flowers, it gives out a characteristic wormwood smell, while roots are a bit sweeter and aromatic. The wormwood family is large, consisting of 180 species, as we already said, every different plant contains different degrees of thujone, the controversial ingredient that is phrased by artists and hated by prohibitionists. Some drinks made with the roman wormwood have milder effects than Absinth made with common wormwood because of its concentration of thujone.

The great curiosity of people must be responsible for the use of this plant, as it is extremely bitter. The only plant that can compete in bitterness with wormwood is rue. Man has been using it for well over two thousand years for medicinal purposes. It was used by Egyptians who acquired an extensive knowledge of many useful properties in plants.

Folk remedies call for the employment of wormwood against colds, rheumatism, fevers, jaundice, diabetes, and arthritis. Regular use of wormwood can become addicting. The plant contains glycoside, known to be poisonous, and the volatile oil is a central nervous system depressant. Overuse of wormwood can initiate nervousness, stupor, convulsions, and death.

Wormwood has many components, but thujone is probably the best known, at least has received a lot of attention since it was blamed for causing bizarre effects. (Bizarre effects are called like that because of the bizarre psychotic behavior, delirium and hallucinations.)

Wormwood taken in small quantities stimulate cerebral cortex, eliminate flatulence and indigestion. It is a mental preservative, but in large quantities it can be nauseous, causing giddiness, provokes something like epilepsy, as it is a very powerful herb, and must be treated with respect.

This plant grows wildly in most of Europe and North America, its cultivation is pretty straight so it is not exposed to disease or infection, it prefers a little shade and it is recollected when the flowers have blossomed. The stem is left for cheaper products, and has a higher quantity of thujone.