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Absinthe Absinthium ~ ABSINTHE id+ | DARKENED VISION | ~ ABSINTHIUM id+ | BITTER POISONOUS POPULAR DRINK | ^u id+ | WORMWOOD | sp AJENJO ukr CHORNOBYL biol> bot brush ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM a HERB OF THE DAISY FAMILY in USA SAGEBRUSH NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH SAGE also called WORMWOOD LADY'S LOVE SOUTHERNWOOD MOTHERWORT note both SAGE and SAGEBRUSH are comon in the MOJAVE DESERT and related DESERTIC TERRITORIES SAGE is called SALVIA SAGEBRUSH is WORMWOOD or see> CHORNOBLY it belongs to the ARTEMISIA family see> ARTEMIS THE SCENT or STINK OF SAGEBRUSH IS OVERPOWERING NATIVES USED SAGEBRUSH LEAVES AS INSECT REPELLENT THE WHOLE PLANT WAS USED AS AN ANTIMICROBIAL THE DRIED FLOWERS CONTAIN FRAGRANT BITTER VOLATILE OILS WHICH IF CONCENTRATED ARE A STRONG POISON note ALSO KNOWN AS slav PALINA OBYCAJNA for PALINA = FIRE WOOD ukr PALYTY TO BURN OBYCZAI PROMISE slav BOZIE DRIEVKO for ukr BOZHE = GOD GODLY DREVO WOOD hx> formerly USED FOR ITS STRONG AROMA AS A "STREWING HERB" IN CHURCHES and PUBLIC PLACES AS INSECT AND FLEA REPELLENT its oils were formerly used as "BITTERS" TO FLAVOR ALCOHOLIC LIQUEURS inclu VERMOUTH and PASTIS WHICH WAS OUTLAWED IN FRANCE med> A CAUSE OF BLINDNESS BY INDUCITION OF OPTIC NEURITIS plus BRAIN DAMAGE CONVULSIONS AND MENTAL DETERIORATION see> ARTEMIS | Tags and Abbreviations Explained | |
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