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Epazote
Chenopodium ambrosioides
Epazote · Wormseed · Amarant-familien · Amarantacee · Amarantachtign · Amarantacoj · Amaranten · Amarantenfamilie · Amarantfamilie · Amarantfamilien · Amaranthacées · Amarantu dzimta · Amarantàcia · Amarantàcies · Amarantáceas · Amarynth family · Burnotiniai · Cockscomb family
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Haiti, Trinidad, China, Colombia, US, Dominican Republic, Turkey, Panama
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Ache(Stomach), Amebiasis, Analgesic, Anemia
Science studied: ARITASONE, ASCORBIC-ACID, ASH, BUTYRIC-ACID
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Scientific name: Chenopodium ambrosioides
Common names: Epazote, Wormseed, Amarant-familien, Amarantacee, Amarantachtign, Amarantacoj, Amaranten, Amarantenfamilie, Amarantfamilie, Amarantfamilien, Amaranthacées, Amarantu dzimta, Amarantàcia, Amarantàcies, Amarantáceas, Amarynth family, Burnotiniai, Cockscomb family
History
The source record documents this plant in Haiti, Elsewhere, Trinidad, China, Colombia, US, Dominican Republic, Turkey and 18 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Ache(Stomach)
- Amebiasis
- Analgesic
- Anemia
- Anodyne
- Antiseptic
- Ascaricide
- Asthma
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- Carminative
- Colic
- Conjunctivitis
- Diaphoretic
- Dysentery
- Dyspnea
- Emmenagogue
- Fatigue
- Fear
- Fungicide
- Hookworms
- Lactogogue
- Narcotic
- Nerves
- Nervine
- Palpitation
- Poison
- Puerperium
- Rheumatism
- Sore
- Stimulant
- Stomach
- Stomachic
- Tea
- Tonic
- Tumor
- Vermifuge
- Bite(Bug)
- Amenorrhea
- Ankylostomiasis
- Dysmenorrhea
- Anthelminthic
- Arthritis
- Diuretic
- Medicine
- Parasiticide
- Roundworms
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Haiti
- Elsewhere
- Trinidad
- China
- Colombia
- US
- Dominican Republic
- Turkey
- Panama
- Mexico
- Chile
- Brazil
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- Peru
- Bahamas
- Guatemala
- Venezuela
- "
- US(Appalachia)
- Mexico(Chinantec)
- Spain
- BR
- CO
- DK
- JP
- NO
- SE
Documented cultural uses
- Ache(Stomach)
- Amebiasis
- Analgesic
- Anemia
- Anodyne
- Antiseptic
- Ascaricide
- Asthma
- Carminative
- Colic
- Conjunctivitis
- Diaphoretic
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- Dysentery
- Dyspnea
- Emmenagogue
- Fatigue
- Fear
- Fungicide
- Hookworms
- Lactogogue
- Narcotic
- Nerves
- Nervine
- Palpitation
- Poison
- Puerperium
- Rheumatism
- Sore
- Stimulant
- Stomach
- Stomachic
- Tea
- Tonic
- Tumor
- Vermifuge
- Bite(Bug)
- Amenorrhea
- Ankylostomiasis
- Dysmenorrhea
- Anthelminthic
- Arthritis
- Diuretic
- Medicine
- Parasiticide
- Roundworms
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ARITASONE
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASH
- BUTYRIC-ACID
- D-CAMPHOR
- BETA-CAROTENE
- P-CYMOL
- EO
- FAT
- FERULIC-ACID
- FIBER
- IRON
- LEUCINE
- MALIC-ACID
- MENTHADIENE
- NIACIN
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- L-PINOCARVONE
- PROTEIN
- SAFROLE
- SAPONINS
- SPINASTEROL
- TARTARIC-ACID
- TERPINYL-ACETATE
- TERPINYL-SALICYLATE
- THIAMIN
- TRIMETHYLAMINE
- UREASE
- VANILLIC-ACID
- GERANIOL
- MYRCENE
- ASCARIDOLE
- P-CYMENE
- KILOCALORIES
- METHYL-SALICYLATE
- PHOSPHORUS
- SODIUM
- TERPINENE
- TRIACONTYL-ALCOHOL
- WATER
- RIBOFLAVIN
- CARBOHYDRATES
- ALPHA-PINENE
- CALCIUM
- LIMONENE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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