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Other Names : Dysphania ambrosioides, formerly Chenopodium ambrosioides, known as wormseed, Jesuit's tea, Mexican-tea, payqu (paico), epazote, mastruz, herba sanctæ Mariæ, is an annual or short-lived perennial herb native to Central America, South America, and southern Mexico. | Other Names : Dysphania ambrosioides, formerly Chenopodium ambrosioides, known as wormseed, Jesuit's tea, Mexican-tea, payqu (paico), epazote, mastruz, herba sanctæ Mariæ, is an annual or short-lived perennial herb native to Central America, South America, and southern Mexico. | ||
| + | ==Special Precautions of Wormseed== | ||
| + | * Raw leaves and seeds should only be eaten in small amounts as the essential oil is toxic. Humans have died from overdoses of essential oils (attributed to the ascaridole content). Symptoms include severe gastroenteritis with pain, vomiting, and diarrhea. Because of its toxicity, this treatment should be under medical supervision and not with pregnant women. | ||
| + | * The plant can cause dermatitis and other allergic reactions | ||
| + | ==Health Benefits and Uses of Wormseed== | ||
| + | * Due to the disinfectant effect of ascaridol, the addition of epazote leaves to cooked beans reduces the otherwise obvious flatulence. An infusion of the leaves is used for digestive problems, colic or stomach pain (carminative). | ||
| + | * It also works against cough (anti-asthmatic). | ||
| + | * Externally as an envelope, it is used for haemorrhoids, insect bites or snakebites and for wound healing. | ||
| + | * It has an analgesic effect and against fungal infections (antifungal). | ||
| + | * Its seeds or the essential oil derived from it have been used in folk medicine for centuries as a vermifuge and also effective against dysentery amoebic dysentery. Because of its toxicity, this treatment should be under medical supervision and not with pregnant women. | ||
| + | * The essential oil from the plant is also used in cosmetic products. | ||
| + | * The plant is insecticidal and is used as a repellent against mosquitoes, as an additive in the fertilizer against insect larvae and against lice and bed bugs. It also serves as a dyeing plant, achieving gold-green shades. | ||
[[Category:Treatments]] | [[Category:Treatments]] | ||
[[Category:Herbal medicine]] | [[Category:Herbal medicine]] | ||
Revision as of 02:18, 30 May 2019
Other Names : Dysphania ambrosioides, formerly Chenopodium ambrosioides, known as wormseed, Jesuit's tea, Mexican-tea, payqu (paico), epazote, mastruz, herba sanctæ Mariæ, is an annual or short-lived perennial herb native to Central America, South America, and southern Mexico.
Special Precautions of Wormseed
- Raw leaves and seeds should only be eaten in small amounts as the essential oil is toxic. Humans have died from overdoses of essential oils (attributed to the ascaridole content). Symptoms include severe gastroenteritis with pain, vomiting, and diarrhea. Because of its toxicity, this treatment should be under medical supervision and not with pregnant women.
- The plant can cause dermatitis and other allergic reactions
Health Benefits and Uses of Wormseed
- Due to the disinfectant effect of ascaridol, the addition of epazote leaves to cooked beans reduces the otherwise obvious flatulence. An infusion of the leaves is used for digestive problems, colic or stomach pain (carminative).
- It also works against cough (anti-asthmatic).
- Externally as an envelope, it is used for haemorrhoids, insect bites or snakebites and for wound healing.
- It has an analgesic effect and against fungal infections (antifungal).
- Its seeds or the essential oil derived from it have been used in folk medicine for centuries as a vermifuge and also effective against dysentery amoebic dysentery. Because of its toxicity, this treatment should be under medical supervision and not with pregnant women.
- The essential oil from the plant is also used in cosmetic products.
- The plant is insecticidal and is used as a repellent against mosquitoes, as an additive in the fertilizer against insect larvae and against lice and bed bugs. It also serves as a dyeing plant, achieving gold-green shades.
