In phytotherapy are employed the leaves harvested in May and the flowered heads of the plant gathered in July-August (Absithi folia et summitatis), which contain essential oil with the monoterpene thujone, thujol, and numerous compounds related to this, phellandren, sesquiterpenes and absinthol, besides the bitter glucosides absinthin, anabsinthin, artabsin, anabsin, anabsinin, matricin, flavonoids, organic acids, resins and tannins. Its preparations (which are mainly used in tincture and medicinal wine) have remarkable appetizing, stomachic, eupeptic, tonic-stimulant, diuretic, biliary declogging, emmenagogic, febrifugal in rheumatic and flu fevers and vermifugal properties; it has also antitoxic action in the cases of saturnism (poisoning due to exposition to lead).
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