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Chenopodium, (scientific name: Chenopodium album L.) is a plant of the genus Chenopodiaceae. It is distributed in temperate and tropical regions of the world and all over China. It grows in areas from 50 meters to 4,200 meters above sea level. It is found on roadsides, wastelands and fields. It has not yet been artificially introduced and cultivated. Born in farmland, vegetable gardens, near cottages, or on slightly saline land. The control methods of farmland weeds mainly include artificial control, chemical control, mechanical control, alternative control and ecological control.

Annual herb, 30-150 cm tall.

Stems erect, stout, with ribs and green or purplish red stripes, much branched; branches oblique

It grows in areas 50 to 4,200 meters above sea level, and is born near farmland, vegetable gardens, cottages, or land with mild saline-alkali soil.

Distributed throughout the temperate and tropical regions of the world, it is produced throughout China. ^[1]

Wheat, cotton, beans, potatoes, vegetables, peanuts, corn and other dry crops and fruit trees often form a single community. The control methods of farmland weeds mainly include artificial control, chemical control, mechanical control, alternative control and ecological control.

Medicinal value of Chenopodium

Chinese medicine properties

The taste is sweet, flat and slightly toxic. This species is a poisonous plant included in the China Plant Atlas Database. Its toxicity is that the seedlings can be eaten as wild vegetables. After some people eat it, inflammation of the swelling and bleeding occurs on the exposed skin part under the sun. There are local itch, swelling and numbness. Can produce blisters, and even complicated infection and ulceration. Patients have mild symptoms such as low fever, headache, fatigue, chest tightness and loss of appetite. ^[4]

Functional indication

Clear heat, dampness, and insecticide. Treatment of dysentery, diarrhea, prurigo of eczema, poisonous insect bites

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Dosage

Oral: decoction, 0.5 to 1 two. Topical use: rinse with water or rinse; or apply.

Pharmacological action

The quinoa growing in Japan has the effect of first excitement and paralysis of earthworms. The minimum effective concentration is 0.5% water infusion and 1% alcohol infusion. The rate of worm removal in water infusion is 33%. After eating quinoa, the sun can cause "quinoa sun allergic dermatitis".

It is said that this disease seems to be related to female endocrine changes. There have been reports of 207 cases of plant-sun-rotation optical dermatitis, of which 8 cases were caused by quinoa, accounting for 42.5%.

The treatment with vitamin B12 intramuscular injection is better. A large amount of concentrated decoction of quinoa grown in Japan, alcohol infusion, and ether infusion, injected into rabbit skin in large quantities, will also cause allergic reactions to sunlight and ultraviolet rays, not only in the injection area, but also in the remote part with flushing, Edema, even subcutaneous hemorrhage and necrosis, as well as anemia and weight loss; this may be caused by the light-sensitive substances in the quinoa leaves entering the body and then exposed to sunlight.

Guinea pig feeding test showed no similar symptoms. 70% alcohol extract of Chenopodium is used for frogs, toads, pigeons, mice, guinea pigs, rabbits, etc.

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Inhibition, death due to respiratory paralysis; also has the effect of lowering blood pressure and inhibiting the heart; can increase the movement of smooth muscle organs, mainly contraction of peripheral blood vessels; often paralyzing the skeletal muscles and movement gods; but continuous use in rabbits and Mice can gradually develop habituation and weaken the paralysis effect. At the same time, congestion, edema, bleeding and other symptoms occur in the ear shell, limbs, tail root, etc., and can be exacerbated by ultraviolet radiation.

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Treatment of dysentery and diarrhea: one to two or two of the gray grass. Frying suit. ("Common Chinese Herbal Medicine in Shanghai")

For damp skin poisoning and itching all over the body: gray ash, wild chrysanthemum, smoked and washed with the same amount of decoction. ("Common Chinese Herbal Medicine in Shanghai")

Treatment of mange and soreness: appropriate amount of stems and leaves of gray cabbage, wash soup and wash.

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Treatment of poison bites and vitiligo: stems and leaves of gray cabbage, smashed and coated.

Treatment of dental caries: appropriate amount of fresh gray vegetables, fry mouthwash. ( "Medicinal Plants in China's Desert Areas" are listed below)

Treatment of vitiligo: red catty five pounds, eggplant rhizome three pounds, cocklebur rhizome five pounds. The medicine is dried, a ash is burned, a bucket of water is used, and the decoction is drunk to extract the juice, but it is fried into a paste in a clamshell and mixed with porcelain. Do not use the bright frankincense for half or two. The greasy powder is divided into phases and put into the cream. Don't use the yellow beef tallow compound (two). Mix into the cream and mix evenly. Use it every day for the affected area. ("Sheng Huifang")

chemical composition

Whole grass contains volatile oil. 68% of the lipids in the leaves are neutral fats, which contain palmitic acid, arsenic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, and sitosterol, octadecane, oleyl alcohol, and wax. Roots contain betaine, amino acids, sterols, oils and more. The oil content of the seeds is 5.54 to 14.86%.

Edible value of quinoa

Chenopodium is edible and can also be used as feed. ^[2]