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Other Names: Aceite de Paico, Aceite de Quenopodio, Ansérine, Chenopodium ambrosioides, Chenopodium anthelminticum, Epazote, Épazote, Fausse Ambroisie, Huile d’Ansérine, Huile de Chénopode, Jesuit Tea, Mexican Tea, Thé du Mexique.<br>This herb is used extensively in Caribbean and Mexican cooking and it gets its name from the Aztec (Nahuatl) epazotl. Also known as Mexican tea or pigweed, this is regarded as garden weed. Even in Mexican cuisine, epazote is used in bean recipes. It has a pungent flavor with a smell like gasoline. The stem, leaves, and fruits of the herb are used in medicines and in food. | Other Names: Aceite de Paico, Aceite de Quenopodio, Ansérine, Chenopodium ambrosioides, Chenopodium anthelminticum, Epazote, Épazote, Fausse Ambroisie, Huile d’Ansérine, Huile de Chénopode, Jesuit Tea, Mexican Tea, Thé du Mexique.<br>This herb is used extensively in Caribbean and Mexican cooking and it gets its name from the Aztec (Nahuatl) epazotl. Also known as Mexican tea or pigweed, this is regarded as garden weed. Even in Mexican cuisine, epazote is used in bean recipes. It has a pungent flavor with a smell like gasoline. The stem, leaves, and fruits of the herb are used in medicines and in food. | ||
==Special Precautions of Epazote== | ==Special Precautions of Epazote== | ||
Revision as of 04:14, 27 September 2014
Other Names: Aceite de Paico, Aceite de Quenopodio, Ansérine, Chenopodium ambrosioides, Chenopodium anthelminticum, Epazote, Épazote, Fausse Ambroisie, Huile d’Ansérine, Huile de Chénopode, Jesuit Tea, Mexican Tea, Thé du Mexique.
This herb is used extensively in Caribbean and Mexican cooking and it gets its name from the Aztec (Nahuatl) epazotl. Also known as Mexican tea or pigweed, this is regarded as garden weed. Even in Mexican cuisine, epazote is used in bean recipes. It has a pungent flavor with a smell like gasoline. The stem, leaves, and fruits of the herb are used in medicines and in food.
Special Precautions of Epazote
- Chenopodium oil is UNSAFE.
- Chenopodium oil contains the chemical ascaridole, which is very toxic. It can irritate the skin, mouth, throat, and lining of the stomach and intestines. It can also cause vomiting, headache, dizziness, kidney and liver damage, temporary deafness, convulsions, paralysis, and death. * Chenopodium oil can explode if heated or mixed with acids.
- Pregnancy and breast-feeding: It’s UNSAFE for anyone, especially pregnant or breast-feeding women, to take chenopodium oil. It contains poisonous chemicals.
- Medications that increase sensitivity to sunlight (Photosensitizing drugs) interacts with CHENOPODIUM OIL
Benefits and uses of Epazote are
- Rich in anti-gas agents, epazote can have carminative benefits when cooked with beans
- The oil of epazote is used to expel wormseed or intestinal hookworms
- Epazote is also good for treating menstruation problems, asthma and nervous disorders
- While epazote can be poisonous if taken in large doses, if used in moderation, then this herb can relieve flatulence
- It is often given to animals to prevent wormseed
- It can also cure asthma and malaria
- Epazote is used as an expectorant
- It is also believed that the first birth control pills were made with epazote
