ABSINTH (Artemisia absinthium)
SPICES, MEDICINAL AND AROMATİC PLANTS
ABSINTH (Artemisia absinthium)
Absintin
Artemisia absinthium (absinthe, absinthium, absinthe wormwood, grand wormwood, wormwood) is a species of Artemisia.
It is an ingredient in the spirit absinthe, and is used for flavouring in some other spirits and wines, including bitters, vermouth and pelinkovac. As medicine, it is used for dyspepsia, as a bitter to counteract poor appetite, for various infectious diseases, Crohn's disease, and IgA nephropathy.It is a bitter flower that grows in the mountains and is used in drug-alcohol industry.