Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants
| Synonym : | Ambrina ambrosioides (L.) Spach Chenopodium ambrosioides L. Chenopodium vagans Standl. Dysphania anthelmintica (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants Vulvaria ambrosioides (L.) Bubani |
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| Bangla Name : | Chandanbeto. |
| English Name : | Mexican Tea, Jerusalem Bush, Worm Grass, Worm Seed. |
| Family : | Chenopodiaceae |
| Disease : | Stomachic, carminative, diaphoretic, anthelmintic, emmenagogue, cholera, ulcers, pyemia, gastralgia and nervous affections. |
| Description : | A tall, much-branched annual, highly aromatic herb. Leaves 3.8-8, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, sinuate-dentate, the upper leaves almost entire. Flowers minute, clustered, forming slender, axillary and terminal simple or paniculate leafy spikes. |
| Distribution : | More or less throughout the country in fallow lands. |
| Chemical Constituents : | The chief constituent of the plant is an essential oil present in its fruits. Oil contains high content of ascaridol, along with xylene isomers, p-cymene, an alcohol and four carboxylic acids, (-)pinocarveol and (+)?-pinene. Active principles of the oil a |
| Uses : | An infusion of the herb is considered stomachic, carminative, diaphoretic, anthelmintic and emmenagogue. The plant is used in Europe in pectoral complaints, and in nervous affections, particularly cholera. Juice of the plant is used in gangrenous ulcers, |
| Habit : | Herb |