Artemisia Absinthium
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Other names:
Absinth, Absinthe, Absinthe Suisse, Absinthii Herba, Absinthites, Absinthium, Ajenjo, Alvine, Armoise, Armoise Absinthe, Armoise Amère, Armoise Commune, Armoise Vulgaire, Artesian Absinthium, Artemisia absinthium, Common Wormwood, Grande Absinthe, Green Ginger, Herba Artemisae, Herbe aux Vers, Herbe d’Absinthe, Herbe Sainte, Indhana, Lapsent, Menu Alvine, Qing Hao, Vilayati Afsanteen, Wermut, Wermutkraut, Western Wormwood, Wurmkraut.
Artemisia absinthium is a species with a very important position in the history of Asian and European medicine; described in medieval Europe as “the most important master against all exhaustions”, it was mainly used to treat digestive tract diseases and worm infestations.
The pharmacopoeial raw material is the dried A. absinthium herb (Absinthii herba). According to the latest editions (9th and 10th) of the European Pharmacopoeia and the 11th Polish Pharmacopoeia, it is recommended to harvest the herb from young plants—in their first year of vegetation, basal leaves are cut off, and from older plants—sparsely leaved, flowering shoot tips.
One can also use a mixture of them, as well as whole or broken-up fragments of the A. absinthium plant. The raw material is standardized for essential oil content; in the dried herb, this content must not be less than 2 mL/kg. In addition, the bitterness index of the raw material must not be less than 10,000
The therapeutic spectrum of wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) is very similar to that of mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris), together with which it has often been described; compared to mugwort.
wormwood, usually taken in the form of tincture, is described as having warming, and effective against poison, also recommends Absinthium as a hypnotic, laxative, menstruation-inducing agent, healing “fistulas on the eyes”.
As a cosmetic—the ash from it combined with a rose ointment “blackens the hair”, eye compresses, which are to remove eye hyperaemia and improve eyesight, it was also supposed to cure skin, ear and eye diseases, and also to treat anaemia, insomnia and bladder diseases, a good remedy for injuries and non-healing wounds.
A further study conducted in 2010 confirmed also the antimalarial action of A. absinthium. The in vitro study performed on chloroquine-resistant (K1) and chloroquine-sensitive (CY27) strains of Plasmodium berghei grown with human erythrocytes showed that a hydro-ethanolic extract of absinthium herb exhibited significant antimalarial activity.
IC50 values were determined after the plant extracts had been administered by the lactate dehydrogenase method. They were 0.46 μgA different study tested the activity of A. absinthium against several pathogens that cause Chagas disease, malaria, and leishmaniasis: Trypanosoma brucei and T. cruzi, Leishmania infantum and Plasmodium falciparum, respectively.
Various concentrations of A. absinthium herb extract were tested against these protozoa. The extract showed low activity only against T. brucei.
Artemisia Absinthium Antimicrobial and Antifungal Activities 
absinthium exhibits effective antifungal and antibacterial activities. Numerous studies have shown the sensitivity of various microorganisms to the compounds contained in A. absinthium.
Among them are bacteria such as: Arthrobacter spp., Bacillus cereus, B. mycoides, B. subtilis, Clostridium perfringens, Enterobacter aerogenes, Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli, Haemophilus influenzae, Klebsiella oxytoca, K. pneumoniae, Listeria monocytogenes, Micrococcus lylae, Proteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Shigella sonnei, Staphylococcus aureus and the fungi: Aspergillus niger, Candida albicans, Fusarium culmorum, F. graminearum, F. moniliforme, F. oxysporum fs. lycopersici, F. sambucinum, F. solani, Rhizoctonia solani, Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. chevalieri, Sclerotinia sp, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Shigella sonnei, and Gram-positive bacteria: S. aureus, Clostridium perfringens, L. monocytogenes, and also bacterial strains isolated from patients’ stools or wounds, postoperative wound infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus.
Extracts from the plant are particularly effective against Gram-positive bacteria. Gram-negative bacteria have greater resistance, which is associated with the presence of an outer phospholipid membrane that serves as an additional protective barrier of these microorganisms.
Absinthium extracts have also been tested for anti-tumour activity, limiting the development of breast cancer and breast adenocarcinoma .
The analgesic effect was assessed based on the delay in withdrawing the tail from water heated to 51 °C. A rapid onset of analgesic action was seen at all doses, but it was less pronounced compared to that of acetylsalicylic acid. As in the study of anti-inflammatory activity, it was found that A. absinthium could produce analgesic effects, but more experiments were required.
Its smell is supposed to repel moths, lice, and bed bugs.
Artemisia Absinthium effects on Head and Mind:
Hallucinations. Frightful visions. Kleptomania. Loss of memory. Forgets what has recently happened. Wants nothing to do with anybody. Brutal. Nero protective, anti stress/anti depressant, inflammatory neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s.
One of the latest studies (2016) focused on the neuroprotective potential of A. absinthium herb extracts in the oxidative stress caused by mercury
Vertigo, with tendency to fall backward. General confusion. Wants head low. Pupils dilated unequally. Face blue. Spasmodic facial twitching.
Dull occipital headache (Gelsem, Picric ac). A perfect picture of epileptiform seizure is produced by this drug, Nervous tremors precede attacks.
Sudden and severe giddiness, delirium with hallucinations and loss of consciousness.
Nervous excitement and sleeplessness. Cerebral irritation, hysterical and infantile spasms come within range of this remedy. Poisoning by mushrooms. Chorea. Tremor. Nervousness, excitement, and sleeplessness in children.
It stimulates the central nervous system, causing even epileptic seizures and hallucinations, the most important master against all exhaustions”,
Mouth:
Jaws fixed. Bites tongue; trembles; feels as if swollen and too large; protruding. As a mouth wash acts as antiseptic, anti inflammatory.
Throat:
Scalded sensation; as of a lump.
Stomach:
Nausea; retching; eructation. Bloated around waist and abdomen. Wind colic, gastrointestinal, liver, and biliary tract diseases, remove odour from the mouth, and “drive out worms, wormwood has a slightly stronger effect on the digestive system; the leaves are used to lower the temperature, and the flowers help in diseases of the stomach and helminthiases, protozoal meningitis and encephalitis, best for Trypanosoma cruzi and Trichomonas vaginalis (vaginal trichomonas that causes trichomoniasis), Entamoeba histolytica (amoeba that causes dysentery – Amoebic Dysentery), jaundice and “in angry women who are full of bile, constipation, obesity, splenomegaly, astringent and stimulating effects, being able to relieve stomach and abdominal pains,
Urine:
Constant desire. Very strong odor; deep yellow color (Kali phos).
Sexual:
Darting pain in right ovary. Spermatorrhoea, with relaxed, enfeebled parts. Premature menopause.
Chest: Sensation of weight on chest. Irregular, tumultuous action of heart can be heard in back.
Extremities: Pain in limbs. Paralytic symptoms.
Compare Artemisia Absinthium with…
Alcohol; Artemisia; Hydroxy acid; Cina; Cicuta.
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