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Chenopodium

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Chenopodium
a plant genus of the Chenopodiaceae family; many plants in the genus contain oxalates and can cause oxalate poisoning. Includes C. album (fat hen, lambsquarters, white goosefoot), C. atriplicinum (Scleroblitum atripliclinum, lambstongue). Other plants can cause cyanide poisoning, e.g. C. carinatum (green crumbweed, Boggabri), C. glaucum (oak-leaved goosefoot), C. melanocarpum (black crumbweed), C. rhadinostachyum (Dysphania radinostachya, C. chenostachyum, mouse-tailed crumbweed).
Chenopodium ambrosioides
contains wormseed oil; used as an anthelmintic. Capable of causing gastroenteritis. Called also C. antheminticum var. ambrosioides, wormseed.
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Whatever you call it, Chenopodium album and its edible sisters - there are dozens of useful species - is a versatile weed that offers incredible amounts of nourishment to those who harvest it instead of cursing it.
Lamb's Quarters - Chenopodium Album by Susun Weed / Food/cooking/nutrition community
Anthropogenic indicators such as Chenopodium album, greater celandine (Chelidonium majus) and annual nettle (Urtica urens) also occur, but they might originate from the uppermost layer, as we do not know the degree of contamination of the layers.
Evidence of pollen and plant macroremains from the sediments of ... by Kihno, Kersti; Hiie, Sirje / Estonian Journal of Archaeology
Consult a qualified practitioner/therapist for: Homeopathy Treatment would be constitutional specific remedies may include Phosphorus, Graphites, Aconite, China, A Gelsemium, and Chenopodium, all 6c.
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