Chenopodium album L.
Family: Amaranthaceae
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Assamese: ভতুবা bhatuba, জিল্মিল্ jilmil
Bengali: বেথো শাক betho shaak, বেথুয়া শাক bethuya shaak
Gujarati: બથવો bathavo, ચીલની ભાજી chilani bhaji
Hindi: चन्द्रिल chandril, पांशु panshu, टक्कदेशी takka-deshi, वास्तूक vastuk, बथुवा bathuwa
Kannada: ಚಕ್ರವರ್ತಿ chakravarti, ಚಕ್ಕವತ್ತ chakkavatta, ಹುಚ್ಚ ಚಕ್ಕೋತ huchcha chakkota, ವಾಸ್ತೂಕ vastuka
Konkani: Chakvit
Malayalam: പരിപ്പുചീര parippuchira, വാസ്തുചീര vastuchira
Manipuri: মোনশাওবী monshaobi
Marathi: चाकवत chakvat, वासुकें vasukem
Nepali: बेथे bethe
Oriya: ବଥୁଆ ଶାଗ bathua sag, ବାସ୍ତୁକ bastuka
Punjabi: ਲੂਨਕ lunak
Sanskrit: चक्रवर्तिन् chakravartin, चन्द्रिल chandrila, घनामल ghanamala,
ज्वरघ्न jvaraghna, पांसुपत्त्र pamsupattra, पिण्डपुष्पक pindapushpaka,
शाकश्रेष्ठ shakashrestha, टक्कदेशीय takkadeshiya, वाम vama, वास्तुक
vastuka
Tamil: சக்கரவர்த்தி கீரை chakravarthi keerai, பருப்புக்கீரை paruppu-k-kirai
Telugu: పప్పుకూర pappukura, వాస్తుకము vastukamu
Discription: It is an invasive weed found in temperate countries, which
grows to a height of 50 cm. The stems are glabrous, greenish and
somewhat succulent. Leaves: simple, alternate and without stipules. The
petiole is 1.5 cm–5mm long, grooved and covered with microscopic
cupshaped scales. The blade is thick, 2.5 cm×3.2 cm–1.8 cm×7 mm,
triangular, incised, and covered with microscopic cup-shaped scales.The
base of the blade is acuminate, the midrib and secondary nerves are flat
above and raised below, and the blade shows 3– 5 pairs of secondary
nerves.The inflorescences are axillary or terminal 2 cm long spikes. The
flowers are 2mm in diameter and comprise of 5 sepals, 5 stamens and a
bifid style. The seeds are very small and black. [Medicinal Plants of
The Asia-Pacific: Drugs For The Future?]
Description: Annual, erect, tall herbs. Leaves elliptic-Ianceolate,
entire, and glabrous. Flowers minute, green, clustered, axillary and
terminal, compact spikes. Seeds glabrous, blacks.
Parts Used: Seeds. Uses: It is useful in peptic ulcer, helminthiasis,
dyspepsia and weakness. [HERBAL CURES: TRADITIONAL APPROACH]
Antispasmodic, pectoral, haemostatic, emmenagogue. Employed in treating
nervous affections, particularly chorea. Dried herb—anthelmintic against
round and hookworms. Ascaridole, an active constituent of the oil, is
highly active against roundworms, Hookworms and small, but not large,
tapeworms. It is highly toxic and can cause serious side effects. The
oil has been found useful in
amoebic dysentery and intestinal infections. Adecoction of the herb is
given as an internal haemostatic and the infusion as an enema for
intestinal ulceration. The infusion is sudorific and diuretic. The oil
exhibits antimicrobial and strong antifungal activity against human
pathogenic fungi. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]
Decoction of its stems was till relatively recently drunk in Co. Dublin
for rheumatism. Though now treated as a weed and generally disregarded,
it was formerly valued as a nutritious food along with nettles and
dandelions. It was, for example, added to soup in spring in Ayrshire,
perhaps semi-medicinally. [Medicinal Plants of The Asia-Pacific: Drugs
For The Future?]
Lowers blood pressure, improves heart function; treats diarrhea, fever,
dysentery, skin infection. Chemical Constituents - Palmitic acid,
carnaubic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, nonacosane, oleyl alcohol,
sitosterol, betaine, amino acids, sterol, ferulic acid, vanillic acid,
aleanolic acid, L-1-leucine, ferulic acid, vanillic acid. [Taiwanese
Native Medicinal Plants Phytopharmacology and Therapeutic Values]
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