Quassia Chips

🌱 What it is

Quassia chips are shavings from a tropical bitter wood, long used in folk practice to support giving up drinking.

📜 Where it comes from

Quassia wood was brought to European attention from South America and the Caribbean in the eighteenth century, where it had traditional use as a bitter tonic. Folk practitioners in Europe and later America adopted the intensely bitter chips as an aid for those trying to quit drinking, based on the traditional idea that its unpleasant bitterness could help build an aversion to alcohol.

✨ Why it's good for you

• May support taste aversion to alcohol
• Simple, low-cost preparation
• Long history of folk use

🥄 How to use it

Steep 1 teaspoon of chips in 1 cup of just-boiled water; take a small swallow every 2 hours as part of a broader withdrawal-support plan.

How much: 1 tsp steeped per cup of water, a swallow every 2 hours; short-term use only.

Why it works: The extreme bitterness is thought to create a taste-based aversion to alcohol; it offers no pharmacological cure for addiction.

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