EN--Pigweed-Chenopodium anthelminthicum-
Chinopodiodon (Chenopodiaceae).
Plant is toxic.
Recommended AGAINST pinewood offal - hookworm, roundworms and omvriekoeidi.
Picked up in the morning, before eating any one hour capsules (3 capsules in total) containing 15 drops of essential oil of this plant.
For children, two drops for each year of age.
Medical use only, with a pharmaceutical preparation.
Reactive material of this plant is the essential oil of "Chenanthol" but mainly "Askaridol" contained.
Genus of eleven species of pigweed are in Greece.
It is not known whether there is anthelmintic, but the other species have similar properties.
It is not difficult to cultivate the seeds.
Some species are known by the names: agriospanaki and lampotia.