Tobacco absolute

Description

Tobacco Absolute Nicotiana tabacum

Origin and Extraction:

Country of Origin: Bulgaria

Botanical Name: Nicotiana tabacum

Plant Part: Leaves

Extraction Method: Solvent extraction

Aroma:
Rich, warm and deeply earthy with a sweet, distinctly smoky quality.

The Plant:
Tobacco is a large leafy plant native to the Americas and widely cultivated across Bulgaria and the Mediterranean. Long before it became associated with smoking, tobacco was used medicinally by indigenous peoples of the Americas for centuries to treat wounds, fevers and parasites.

Commonly selected by animals:

With worms

Who lack focus

With anxious behaviours

It may:

Help an animal focus

Help an animal settle

Ease anxiety

Did You Know?
The word ‘dog-end’ ,a cigarette butt, is so named because dogs were observed eating them, perhaps instinctively to purge intestinal worms. A fascinating example of zoopharmacognosy in action.