Chenopodium ALBUM L.
| Synonym : | Anserina candidans (Lam.) Montandon Atriplex alba (L.) Crantz Blitum viride (L.) Moench Botrys alba (L.) Nieuwl. Chenopodium candicans Lam. |
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| Bangla Name : | Bethusag, Batuashak. |
| English Name : | Lamb’s Quarters, Goose Foot. |
| Family : | Chenopodiaceae |
| Disease : | Laxative, diuretic, piles, dysentery, anoerexia and hiccup. |
| Description : | An annual herb, 0.3-2 m high. Leaves very variable in size and shape, reaching up to 10 cm long, oblong, rhombic, deltoid or lanceolate, entire, toothed or irregularly lobutate, upper leaves smaller and more entire than the lower. Flowers very small in clusters, forming complex or lax paniculate often mealy spikes. |
| Distribution : | Commonly available as a winter weed in fallow lands throughout the country. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Aerial parts contain essential oil, mineral salts, albuninoids and other nitrogenous compounds, carotene and vitamin C. Oxalic acid is also present in the aerial parts. Roots contain ecdysteroids, ?-ecdysone and polypodine B (Ghani, 2003). |
| Uses : | The plants are laxative and diuretic, used in piles, dysentery, anoerexia and hiccup. Decoction of the plant is aperient, tonic, diuretic and aphrodisiac Leaves are anthelmintic, given in hepatic disorders and in splenic enlargement, infusion is used for |
| Habit : | Herb |