What is Wormwood (artermisia absinthium)?

Wormwood (artermisia absinthium) is a herb that has psychoactive and hallucinogenic properties. Wormwood is said to affect the neuro receptors in the brain in a similar way to THC (the psychoactive component present in cannabis).

Most absinthes available will say that they include wormwood. We at Sebor have had a lot of absinthe brands tested, the majority of the ones we have tested do not have any wormwood at all; the highest containing 3mg per litre - just 1/3rd of the amount that is in Sebor Absinth ^TM.

The Sebor Absinth ^TM sold on this site has a minimum of 9mg per litre. There is no Absinthe brand available with more wormwood than Sebor Absinth.

Wormwood (absinthium artimesium) is a shrub like perrenial belonging to the great family of compositae, which are native to Europe and Asia. It is a long lived, tenacious plant, two to four feet high with grayish green leaves. The flowers have a greenish-yellow tint, have no pappus, and like the leaves, give off a strong aromatic odour and are bitter to taste.

Wormwood is supposed to have grown up along the path by which the serpent took exile from the Garden of Eden. In some parts of Europe, wormwood is called 'Girdle of St. John' and is believed to ward off evil spirits. By a strange coincidence wormwood in Russian is 'Chernobyl', the name of the Ukrainian city which experienced a nuclear meltdown in 1986.

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