Posted by Ame Sans Vie on July 21, 2003, at 19:29:56
In reply to Re: Absinthe--active constituents, brain activity? » Ame Sans Vie, posted by River1924 on July 21, 2003, at 16:33:33
lol, yes, I'm definitely an experimentalist. Don't believe there are any "Brewing Absinthe for Dummies" books out there, lol, but I came upon my personal recipe through following traditional recipes for early 20th century commerical absinthe, modern recipes, and just did some tweaking to find the proper ingredients, amounts, and steeping time.
You're right, melissa (lemon balm) can be a very calming herb, though I've personally never experienced an emetic effect from wormwood. It's assumed active phytochemical, thujone, is very toxic and can cause convulsions in high doses, but in the doses typically ingested via absinthe, it just creates a very pleasurable state of artistic relaxation.
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