Absinthe is a type of distilled liquor and the name of the spirit comes from Artemisia absinthium, a plant commonly known as wormwood. It has been used in medical tonics for years, but ...
It sometimes is used successfully to remove lumbricoid worms. Externally, a decoction of wormwood may be applied as a dressing to unhealthy and indolent ulcers. [The National Dispensatory, 5th Edition ...
It’s true. Cincinnati had its devotees of “La Fee Verte,” the “Green Fairy” so beloved of habitués of the Parisian demi-monde. According to the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette [4 February 1894]: ...
Created in Switzerland’s canton of Neuchâtel in the late 18th century, absinthe was originally a mix of wormwood, anise, and fennel. Production soon moved across the border to France, around ...