Latin, Ambrina ambrosioides, A. anthelmintica, Chenopodium ambrosioides, Var. anthelmintica, C. suffruticosum, Cina americana, Orthosporum anthelminticum ;
English, American wormseed ;
French, Semences de chenopode anthelmintique ;
German, Amerikanischer Wurmsamen.
An evergreen, perennial under-shrub. The stem is erect, 1 to 3 feet high, branched, often rigid and furrowed. The leaves are numerous, alternate, spreading, lanceolate, sessile dentate. The flowers are small, in long , slender, axillary terminal racemes, green in color, and appear in July and August. The whole plant is aromatic.
Found in :-
United States, naturalized from tropical America, growing in waste places, mostly southward.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. J. Jeanes, Raue’s Record, in 1872, 30. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. III. 180 ; X. 457.)
The fresh plant.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Chenaopdium anthel, moist magma containing solids | 100gm. |
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Plant moisture 300 Cc. | = 400
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Strong alcohol, | 737 Cc.
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To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.
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(b) Dilutions: 2x to contain one part of tincture, two parts distilled water, seven parts alcohol ; 3x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
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