Tea is used to stimulate the appetite before eating and as a cholagogue after meals. Do not exceed 1.5 g or 1 teaspoon.
Wormwood can be habit forming.
Do not exceed recommended dose. Because of the toxicity of Thujone, alcoholic Wormwood extracts and the use of the essential oil should not be used. Thujone is neurotoxic, a convulsant, and a hallucinogen. The Merck Index. Long-term use or consumption of large doses of herbs with thujone can cause restlessness, vomiting, vertigo, tremors, renal damage and convulsions.