This is our BULK DISCOUNTED 25 lb plastic-lined cardboard bulk pack. We also have this herb in our 10 lb bulk pack, and in 1 lb bottles and capsules. To find the other pack sizes, just copy and paste the herb name into our Search. We use only 100% Gluten-free, Vegetable Cellulose ''00'' capsules for all of our encapsulated products. We offer both bulk powder and capsules. Obviously our bulk bottles are bulk powder, not capsules, but the capsule weight is included to give you a way of judging the recommended dosage. Absinthe - Botanical Powder -- Approximately 600 mg. each capsule. 1/2 teaspoon of powder is about equal to one capsule. Powder can be consumed by sprinkling it over your food or mixing it with a syrup such as maple or chocolate. You could also mix it with orange juice. The citric acid in the orange juice will help to mask any unpleasant powder tastes. Other common names: Wormwood, Artemisia, Green Ginger, Absinthium, Madderwort, Old Woman, Wermutkraut, Southern Wood, Green Fairy Absinthe has long been used by herbalists to eliminate worms, improve appetite and as an aid for improving gallbladder, liver, gastric and vascular disorders, as well as migraine headaches. Applied topically, it helps heal wounds, skin ulcers, blemishes and insect bites. Long used in the preparation of alcoholic beverages (absinthe), Absinthe is a fine digestive that improves the appetite and relieves many History: Absinthe is native to Europe, Siberia, North Africa and has been naturalized in North America. In England, the plant grows in many places and appears to thrive near the sea. It is a perennial root, which arises to a height of two to four feet with leafy, flowering stems. The leaves and flowers are extremely bitter, with the characteristic odor of thujone, and the whitish plant is closely covered with fine, silky hairs. The plants are harvested in July and August, and only the leaves and tops are used. The medical use of Absinthe dates back to ancient Egypt and is mentioned in the Ebers Papyrus (c. 1550 BC), and Absinthe extracts and wine-soaked leaves were used as remedies by the ancient Greeks. The genus, Artemisia, is derived from Artemis, the Greek name for Diana, who is said to have found the plants and delivered their powers to Chiron, the centaur, and the ancient Greeks claimed that the plant counteracted the poisons of hemlock and toadstools. Its botanical specific, absinthium, is a Latin stylization of the Greek word, a? (apsinthion). Some claim that the word means ''undrinkable'' in Greek, because of its extreme bitterness. One of its common names, Wormwood, is a derivation from the Anglo Saxon, wermode or wermut, meaning ''preserver of the mind,'' since the herb was thought to enhance mental functions and which also accounts for its use in treating nervous temperament and melancholia. The common name, Wormwood, also refers to its ability to act as a wormer in children and animals. Furthermore,
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The Absinthe fairy was used on Absinthe label and posters. Artists and writers used to drink the Green Fairy Absinthe in the film Moulin Rouge which was based on the french Bohemian culture of Montmartre in Paris.
Absinthe Fairy Followers
Famous devotees of La Fee Verte, the Green Fairy, were Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Charles Baudelaire, Paul Gauguin, Oscar Wilde and Ernest Hemingway who created his own Absinthe cocktail “Death in the Afternoon” - a mix of Absinthe and champagne. Writers and artists claimed that Absinthe gave them their genius and their inspiration and many pieces of art of the time feature Absinthe or Absinthe drinkers. The Belle Epoque period of history was the hey day for Absinthe.
Absinthe is prepared from herbs and essential oils. Absinthe is prepared from the herb wormwood. Wormwood is used to give Absinthe it’s characteristic bitter taste and herbs like aniseed, anise and fennel to give it’s anise flavor.
Thujone, a chemical found in wormwood oil, was thought to be psychoactive and to give psychedelic effects, cause hallucinations and eventually insanity. The prohibition campaigners ammunition get Absinthe banned in France in 1915. It was illegal to buy or sell Absinthe. Most of the countries banned it. Countries like Spain, Portugal, the UK and the Czech Republic did not restrict the Green Fairy.
Absinthe Fairy and Prohibition
During the prohibition period, distilleries, such as the Pernod Fils distillery, started producing Absinthe substitutes such as Pernod Pastis to market to the people who were missing the anise flavor of Absinthe. Ricard was among the Absinthe substitutes.
In most of the countries bootleg absinthe was still available after distillation which focused that Absinthe distillation process has never been disappeared.
In the 1990s Absinthe was made legal in many countries, although Switzerland, home of Absinthe, had to wait until 2005 for legalization. You can now buy Absinthe and Absinthe essence kits online along with Absinthiana such as glasses, spoons and fountains. Drinking Absinthe out of a special antique or replica glass with a proper spoon really adds to the Absinthe preparation ritual.
Absinthe was legalized because studies showed that the liquor only contained minute quantities of thujone and that it was just as safe as drinking other strong spirits. In comparison to other spirits Absinthe is much higher in alcohol then also it was never prepared to drink neat. The clouding that happens when the water mixes with the alcohol can be enjoyed by mixing it with iced water.
The real wormwood Absinthe and the essences are available on the sites to make own bottled Absinthe.com.
