Wormwood
Artemisia absinthium
The bitter of vermouth and historical absinthe. Thujone-bearing. Culinary bitters use trace amounts. Not a home tincture project for ‘parasite cleanses.’
GROW → HARVEST → EAT → DRY → POWDER → CAPSULE → GUMMY — forms are not equivalent. Food first.
Identity
What it is
The bitter of vermouth and historical absinthe. Thujone-bearing. Culinary bitters use trace amounts. Not a home tincture project for ‘parasite cleanses.’
From the existing encyclopedia
Wormwood is the bitter Artemisia used in tiny amounts to flavor vermouth and historical absinthe recipes. Thujone content makes concentrated internal use controversial and regulated in many countries. Culinary bitters use trace amounts; home tincturing at medicinal doses is outside v1 scope. Pregnant individuals should avoid wormwood products. Educational reference only for aaaLifetime pantry brand.
Edible portions
- trace aromatic bitter in formulated drinks
Absence of a portion from this list means it is not treated as food here — not that every other part is toxic.
Growing
- Climate. 4–8
- Light. Full sun
- Soil. Lean, well-drained
- Planting. Silver perennial; can weed.
Preparation and culinary uses
- Legal absinthe/vermouth manufacturing is a craft; a leaf in a bottle of vinegar is a curiosity
Nutrition and compounds
- Plant compounds. thujone, absinthin. Presence is not a dose, a cure, or a reason to buy a capsule.
AAA interpretation Food first. These associations explain why a plant shows up in a nutrient conversation — they are not a supplement shopping list.
Safety
- Avoid internal use in pregnancy. Concentrated oil is not food. Culinary bitters ≠ homemade medical tincture.
- Avoid internal use in pregnancy; regulated in concentrated oil form.
Next steps
Sources
- USDA PLANTS Database — taxonomy and range (verify current entries)
- USDA FoodData Central — nutrient profiles for foods (verify current entries; this page does not invent milligrams)
- State cooperative extension growing guides — verify for your region
- Integrated from the existing aaaLifetime / quantum-biohack encyclopedia corpus (unique text preserved where it was not boilerplate).
Honest incompleteness is preferred to fabricated completeness. If a section is missing, no record for it is attached here — not a claim that the plant lacks that characteristic, and not that it was omitted as a secret.
Internal quality class A. Strong page: distinctive plant facts plus practical growing or kitchen use.