What is Wormwood Tincture?

Wormwood Tincture is a liquid alcohol extract of Artemisia absinthium, Wormwood, put up in a 1 fl oz dropper bottle at a 1:7 ratio in roughly 47.5% alcohol. Wormwood is one of the most intensely bitter plants in Western herbalism, and it is the herb that gives absinthe both its name and its characteristic bitterness.

About the plant

Wormwood is a silvery-leaved perennial of European meadows and roadsides, with finely divided aromatic foliage. Native to Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa, it lent its name to absinthe, the famously bitter green spirit of nineteenth-century European cafes. Its bitterness comes from absinthin, a sesquiterpene lactone, and it also contains thujone and chamazulene. Modern research has clarified that much of absinthe's old reputation owed more to alcohol, adulteration, and lifestyle than to the herb itself.

Important safety information

Wormwood contains thujone, which can be harmful at high doses, and its thujone content is regulated in food products in many countries. It is intended for occasional, short-term use in very small amounts, not for daily long-term use, and is not recommended during pregnancy.

Related products

• Wormwood — the dried cut and sifted herb.

Wormwood Tincture: format

Sold as a 1 fl oz liquid extract in an amber dropper bottle, at a 1:7 ratio in roughly 47.5% alcohol. We make no health or therapeutic claims.

Storage

Store the tincture tightly closed, away from heat and direct light. The alcohol base gives a liquid extract a long shelf life.

Wormwood Tincture at a glance

Botanical name

Artemisia absinthium

Family

Asteraceae

Native region

Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa

Notable compounds

Absinthin, thujone, chamazulene

Format

1 fl oz alcohol extract, 1:7 in roughly 47.5% alcohol