Steinmetz:Chenopodium

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Chenopodium album

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Chenopodiaceae
English Names
  • White Gcosefoot
Natural Habitat
  • all over the world
Part(s) Used
  • Herba Chenopodii albi
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



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
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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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
Constituent(s)
  • mercury
  • chlorophyll
  • iron
  • saponin
Action
  • emollient
  • laxative
  • diuretic
  • antiscrofulous
  • depurative
  • nutritive; the leaves are edible and make a good salad



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
  • Herba Chenopodii olidi
Constituent(s)
  • trimethylamine
  • chenopodin
  • tannin
  • nitrate of potash and calcium
  • ascaridol
Action
  • antispasmodic
  • nervine
  • emmenagogue
  • depurative
  • anti-rheumatic
  • vermifuge

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