Plants and Food
(If you wish to act on any of the information on this website, you must consult with a healthcare professional. Do not try to be your own doctor)
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Notice that the enterprise of human history is nothing more that the fallout created by strange ideas. "Let's build a pyramid. Let's build a windmill. Let's build a waterwheel." And then empires, philosophies, and religions arise in the wake of these situations.
- - Terrence McKenna
Chenopodium ambrosioides
Plant name: Chenopodium ambrosioides
Family: Chenipodiaceae
Common names: Tu Jing Jie [China], Mexican Tea, Worm Seed, Worm Grass, Goosefoot [USA] Dungarachirombo [Zimbabwe] Rato Latte [Nepal] Simen Contra [Dominica, Trinidad] Herb a Vers [Guadaloupe] Paico [Aymara]
Properties: Acrid bitter fragrant slightly warm, toxic.
Actions: Regulates menses. Stops pain. Release the exterior. Stops bleeding. Invigorates blood. Clears heat and poison. Clears postpartum blood stagnation. Insecticidal, antipruritic, expels worms, muscle relaxant, anthelmintic (makes worms unhappy), stomachic, carminative, analgesic, narcotic
Indications:
1. Hookworm, roundworm, threadworm, ringworm, head louse [China, Maya, USA, Houma, Nepal, Caribbean, Tobago] Cholera in infants [Africa] {These treatments are often followed with a purgative}
2. Decocted for colic and stomach pain. [USA]
3. Cough and asthma.[USA] Fever [Creek]
4. As a "spring tonic" [Creek]
5. Poultice for headache [Houma]
6. Unwanted pregnancy [Mahuna] Late menses. Painful menstruation. [Africa]
7. As a wash, for hemorrhoids. [USA]
8. Decocted and topical for: Snake bite. [Catawba] Poisonous insect and spider bites [China]
9. Eczema, pruritus.[China]
Part used: whole plant
Combinations: With garlic and Portulaca oleraceae for parasites [Trinidad]
Caution: Chenopodium ambrosioides is poisonous and contraindicated in cases of neurasthenia, heat disease, peptic ulcer, and pregnancy. The use of the oil can lead to nervous system disorders, spasms, paralysis, and can cause death.
Preparation: For parasites use dried leaves, stem, seeds, add sugar and rice power to make pea-sized pills. Take 3 gm., twice daily.
Dosage: 5 fen - 1 qian
Notes: Volatile oil (up to 90% ascaridol, plus geraniol and methyl salicylate) and triterpenoid saponins. Ascariol is a powerful worm expellent. [EMP]
Whole plant is thought to have wound healing properties. [USA]
Steeped in rum and drank for worms (Dangerous!) [Barbadous]
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Much of this information is through the grace oand kindness of my
Hawaiian and Chinese teachers and my gratitude goes out to
them. Any errors are mine alone.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx