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Wormwood

Ngải đắng (Wormwood, Absinthe)

Artemisia absinthium

Absinthe

Asteraceae · Lá và hoa · Leaves and flowers · Steam-distilled

Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) — botanical illustration
Artemisia absinthium

Safety

Thujone toxic · Prohibited

β-Thujone up to 70 percent. Extremely neurotoxic.

ABSOLUTELY CONTRAINDICATED in all cosmetic routes.

Famously an ingredient of 19th-century French absinthe, banned in many countries for association with 'absinthe madness' (hallucinations, convulsions).

Today absinthe is permitted with EU-limited thujone.


Usage guidelines

Status
Absolutely prohibited in cosmetics

Chemistry

Volatile constituents
β-Thujone40.0 – 70.0 %
α-Thujone5.0 – 18.0 %

Botanical source

Artemisia absinthium grows in Europe and North America. A herb with silver leaves.

Family Asteraceae.


Notes

In art history, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Verlaine, Oscar Wilde all linked with absinthe.