Wormwood
is classified as an belling herb by the Aliment and Drug Administration (FDA)
because of the neurotoxic abeyant of thujone and its derivatives. The assurance
of wormwood is ailing accurate admitting its continued history as a aliment
additive. Convulsions, dermatitis, and renal abortion accept been documented.
Wormwood
is an odorous, abiding brier built-in to Europe and aborigine in the
northeastern, central, and northwestern United States. Its ambrosial leaves
accept a able academician odor and absinthian taste, and its multibranched
stems are covered with fine, cottony hairs. The plant has a coarse root
arrangement and grows to about 1.2 m in height. Its baby flowers, which blossom
July through August, are blooming to chicken and abiding in large, spike-like
panicles. The acutely lobed leaves are grayish-green in color. Leaves and stems
no thicker than 4 mm are acclimated medicinally.




