Family:
Chenopodiaceae.
Chenopodium botrys.
English: American worm seed; Jerusalem oak.
Chemistry: ascaridol.
General: antispasmodic, antihysteric.
Respiratory: colds, haemoptysis, asthma.
Abdomen: vermifuge: ascaris lumbricoids, carminative, cathartic.
Female: emmenagogue, suppressed menses, parturient.
Nervous: convulsions.
Skin: ascaridol causes dermatitis on contact with skin