Happy Saturday Everyone! Here is today's plant.
Wormwood is native to Eurasia and
Northern Africa, but is naturalized widely in Canada and the northern United
States. It is grown as a decorative
plant, but is also an ingredient in certain alcoholic drinks, especially
absinthe. Aside from the “green
monster,” it adds flavour to other wines and spirits, such as vermouth, and was
used instead of hops in beer in England during the 1700s. In Europe today, it is used as a medicine
traditionally, for stimulating appetite and to relieve indigestion.
Wormwood may look like an
ordinary plant, but its leaves and flowers hold a secret. They house what is call terpene thujone,
which is a bitter, aromatic substance that is thought to cause clarity of
thought, increased sense of perception, enhanced creativity, inspiration and
the ability to “see beyond…” all without explanation. These effects were discovered in the 19th
century by poets, writers and other artists.
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