Steinmetz:Chenopodium
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 8 June 2009
[edit] Chenopodium album
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Part(s) Used
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- Constituent(s)
- chenopodin
- essential oil
- saponin
- mucilage
- leucin
- acids
- cholin
- betain
- potash
- salts
- albuminoids
- Action
- used for the same purposes as Chenopodium Bonus Henricus and eaten as a vegetable; diuretic
- aperient
- refreshing
- anthelmintic
- slightly sedative
- hepatic
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[edit] Chenopodium ambrosioides
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- English Names
- Mexican Goosefoot
- Baltimore Wormseed
- American Goosefoot
- Californian Spearmint (in New Zealand)
- Natural Habitat
- Brazil
- Chili
- Mexico; cultivated in U. S. A.
- Central- and Southern Europe and in the Orient (including India)
- Part(s) Used
- Herba Chenopodii ambrosioidis = Herba Botryos mexicanae
- Oleum Chenopodii anthelmintici
- Semen Chenopodii anthelmintici
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- Constituent(s)
- essential oil
- saponin
- gum
- acids
- resin
- bitter principle
- chenopodin (leucine)
- malic acid
- ascaridol
- Action
- herb: nervine
- vermifuge
- emmenagogue
- stomachic
- stimulant
- anti-asthmatic; oil: vermifuge
- antispasmodic
- toxic (care should be taken in prescribing. )
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[edit] Chenopodium bonus henricus
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- English Names
- Good King Henry
- English Mercury
- Allgood
- Natural Habitat
- Europe (including Great Britain)
- Northern Asia
- North America
- Part(s) Used
- Herba Chenopodii Bonus Henricus
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- Constituent(s)
- mercury
- chlorophyll
- iron
- saponin
- Action
- emollient
- laxative
- diuretic
- antiscrofulous
- depurative
- nutritive; the leaves are edible and make a good salad
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[edit] Chenopodium vulvaria
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- English Names
- Stinking Goosefoot
- Notchweed
- Dog's Orant
- Orrach
- Stinking Arrach
- Natural Habitat
- Europe (including Great Britain)
- Part(s) Used
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- Constituent(s)
- trimethylamine
- chenopodin
- tannin
- nitrate of potash and calcium
- ascaridol
- Action
- antispasmodic
- nervine
- emmenagogue
- depurative
- anti-rheumatic
- vermifuge
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