Swiss/French and Czech/Bohemian Swiss or French absinthe is considered the most traditional type of absinthe since the spirit was invented in Switzerland, along the French border. It’s made by ...

derives its name from a type of wormwood species called Artemisia ... properties due to wormwood's presence in the drink. But does absinthe make you hallucinate? Absinthe's infamous link to ...

Wormwood contains two types of thujone called alpha thujone and beta thujone. The alpha form is more toxic than the beta form. Wormwood is the active component in the alcoholic drink absinthe.

"Step back into the belle époque and beckon the green fairy: absinthe is having a renaissance," said Victoria Brzezinski in The Times. The heady spirit has been "reappearing in drinking dens" up ...