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'''Epazote''', formerly Chenopodium ambrosioides, known as '''wormseed, Jesuit's tea, Mexican-tea, payqu (paico), Dysphania ambrosioides,''' or '''herba sancti Mariæ''', is an annual or short-lived perennial herb native to Central America, South America, and southern Mexico.

== Description Uses== D. ambrosioides is an annual or short-lived perennial plant (herb){{Uses|helminthic infestation}}, {{Uses|indigestion}}, {{Uses|cramps}}, {{Uses|ulcers}}, {{Uses|asthma}}, growing to 1.2 m (3.9 ft) tall{{Uses|intestinal worms}}, irregularly branched{{Uses|Folic acid}}, with oblong-lanceolate leaves up to 12 cm (4.7 in) long. The flowers are small and green{{Uses|Diarrhea}}, produced in a branched panicle at the apex of the stem.{{Uses|Sore throats}}

== Uses Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Leaf}}, {{Parts Used|whole plant}}, {{Parts Used|seed}}.

*D. ambrosioides is used as a leaf vegetable, herb, and herbal tea for its pungent flavor.* It is often used as an herb in white fried rice and an important ingredient for making the green salsa for chilaquiles.*D. ambrosioides was used as an anthelmintic to treat ascarids and hookworms in humans, cats, dogs, horses, and pigs.[clarification needed]==Chemical Composition==*Chenopodium is still used to treat worm infections in humans in many countries.* In a few areas in Latin AmericaAlpha-pinene, the plant also is used to treat worm infections in livestock.*D. ambrosioides is believed to prevent flatulence. It has also been used for amenorrheaaritasone, dysmenorrheaascaridole, malariabutyric-acid, choread-camphor, the now discredited diagnosis of hysteriaessential oils, catarrhferulic-acid, and asthma.[clarification needed]geraniol<ref name="chemical composition"/>

==Common namenames=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Agrimony}}

* '''English''' ==Properties==Reference: Dravya - Epazote* '''Hindi''' Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - सुगंध वस्तूकाTherepeutics.* '''Kannada''' - ಕಡವೊಮ===Dravya===

== External Links =Guna===

===Veerya=== ===Vipaka=== ===Karma=== ===Prabhava=== ==Habit=={{Habit|Herb}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple|oblong|The leaves are divided into 3-6 toothed leaflets, with smaller leaflets in between}} ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|Yellow|5-10|Flowers Season is June - August}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|simple|7–10 mm (0.28–0.4 in.) long pome|clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown|With hooked hairs|}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==*[[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==Epazote grows best in full sun in a warm tropical climate. Grows in cultivated garden beds.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Tall grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|meadows}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Odermennig.jpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpgImage:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg</gallery> ==References== <references> <ref name="chemical composition">[http://www.rain-tree.com/epazote.htm#.Wvv2sU1L_CI "plant chemicals"]</ref>  <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://enwww.wikipediaherbco.orgcom/wikic-371-epazote.aspx "cultivation and harvesting"]</Dysphania_ambrosioides Dysphania ambrosioidesref></references> ==External Links==* [https://www.nutrition-and-you.com/epazote.html Epazote on nutrtion and you.com]* [https://www.thespruceeats.com/what-is-epazote-4126810 Epazote on the spru eat]* [https://www.onlyfoods.net/epazote.html Epazote on only foods.net]* [https://bonnieplants.com/growing/growing-Wikipediaepazote/ Epazote on bonnai plants.net]