Wormwood Revelation
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John Jennings |
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John Drummin |
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Brian Douglas |
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the 'other' Brian |
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Brian Wherewelive |
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Where we live |
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Linda Douglas |
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A (log) house boat in kit form |
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Wormwood - the
plant: This plant grows wild all over Europe and the US. The bitter component of wormwood is an alkaloid, absinthin, which is separate from the essential oil, thujone. Absinthin is removed by soaking the plant in water or alcohol, but essential oils like thujone require distillation, fermentation, or fat to remove them from the plant. Thujone is structurally similar to the THC molecule but does not bind to the same receptor in the brain as THC does. Thujone is psychoactive and has a long history of use with artists, but like many essential oils, though less toxic than alcohol, it can be toxic in large quantities. Vincent van Gogh was imbibing of absinthe when he lopped off his ear to send to a woman |
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