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bsinthe was a popular emerald-green liqueur in the 19th and
early 20th centuries. It was commonly imbibed by artists and
writers including Vincent van Gogh, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec,
and Charles Baudelaire, often inducing fits and hallucinations
and sometimes contributing to psychoses and suicides (1±5).
Absinthe became an epidemic health problem and was banned
in many countries early in the 20th century, but its use continues
legally or illicitly even now (6, 7). The toxic properties of absinthe
are attributable to wormwood oil used in making the beverage.
Wormwood oil is in itself a prevalent herbal medicine for
treating loss of appetite, dyspeptic disorders, and liver and
gallbladder complaints (8, 9).