Wormseed, Jesuit's tea or Mexican-tea
Ingredients: 100% Wormseed plant (Chenopodium ambrosioides L.).
Traditional uses: Vermifuge (eliminates intestinal worms), anti-inflammatory, antiviral, and cicatrizant.
Other Applications: Respiratory Problems, such as asthma, Bronchitis, catarrh, fortifying of the lungs, influenza, lung infection, laryngitis, cough. Improves healing, movement, indicated for muscle cramps, bruises.
Mode of preparation: 1 tablespoon of the plant placed in 1 litre of boiled water. Leave to infuse for 3 to 5 minutes
Recommended Daily Dose: 2 to 3 cups per day in the range of the meals.
External use: Used for washing the head and eliminate lice and lenders. Wash the head with the tea 1 time per day. Avoid contact with the eyes.
Warnings: should Not be used by pregnant women and infants. The excessive use to cause bad to be at the level of gastric or intestinal.
Other common names: Jesuit's tea, Mexican-tea, payqu (paico), epazote, mastruz, or herba sanctæ Mariæ, is an annual or short-lived perennial herb native to Central America, South America, and southern Mexico.
