Wormwood

Wormwood juice combined with silverweed juice acts favourably on inflammatory-catarrhal complaints of the gastro-intestinal tract

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The Greeks knew it as a classic medicine, and the Romans prescribed it. And Paracelsus (to mention one medieval celebrity) testified to its efficacy. The seventeenth century physicians of France used it as a stomach remedy in cases of appetite loss, debilitation of gastro-intestinal functions, and as a stimulant of the liver and gallbladder secretions because of the bitter compound contained in its etheric oils.

Every so often, wormwood comes under attack from government bodies because of its apparent content of thujon, a substance said to cause hallucinations. You may rest assured that thujon presents absolutely no problem with fresh pressed cellular juices or with herbal teas. Thujon is alcohol-soluble only and needs to be taken in enormously large quantities to cause any adverse reaction.

The benefits of wormwood stem from its high concentration of bitters. Empirical evidence has established wormwood as a valuable medicinal herb that has been used for centuries.

It has also long been established that the taste of fresh wormwood juice is much superior to that of tea. The juice generally promotes gastric function, especially in cases of hyper- and hypo-acidity, heartburn, lack of appetite, stomach upsets, flatulence and gastric-intestinal mucus inflammation.

Bad breath, headache, dysentery and formation of gas will also be beneficially influenced.

Wormwood juice combined with silverweed juice acts favourably on inflammatory-catarrhal complaints of the gastro-intestinal tract. In cases of colic or lazy colon, alternate wormwood juice with dandelion and black radish juice.