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Felter's Materia Medica on Chenopodium
CHENOPODIUM
The fruit and oil of Chenopodium ambrosioides anthelminticum, Linné (Nat. Ord. Chenopodiaceae). Waste places throughout the United States. Common Names: American Wormseed, Wormseed. Principal Constituent.A volatile oil, Oleum Chenopodii. Preparation.Oleum Chenopodii, Oil of American Wormseed. A colorless or pale yellowish oil with the disagreeable odor and taste of wormseed. Dose, 5 to 10 drops. Specific Indications.Lumbricoid worms; hook-worm. Action and Therapy.A safe and certain vermifuge for the removal of the lumbricoid or round worm (Ascaris lumbricoides). After proper preparation, by fasting and purging, the powdered seeds (10 to 30 grains) or the oil (10 drops) may be mixed with syrup or emulsion of acacia and syrup, administered on an empty stomach, and followed by a saline Purge or castor oil one or two hours afterward. The oil may be given in capsule to older children and adults. It is not contraindicated by irritation of the bowels. Oil of chenopodium has recently been found to be completely effective in the removal of the hook-worm (Ankylostoma Uncinaria, or Uncinaria Americana).1
The fruit and oil of Chenopodium ambrosioides anthelminticum, Linné (Nat. Ord. Chenopodiaceae). Waste places throughout the United States. Common Names: American Wormseed, Wormseed. Principal Constituent.A volatile oil, Oleum Chenopodii. Preparation.Oleum Chenopodii, Oil of American Wormseed. A colorless or pale yellowish oil with the disagreeable odor and taste of wormseed. Dose, 5 to 10 drops. Specific Indications.Lumbricoid worms; hook-worm. Action and Therapy.A safe and certain vermifuge for the removal of the lumbricoid or round worm (Ascaris lumbricoides). After proper preparation, by fasting and purging, the powdered seeds (10 to 30 grains) or the oil (10 drops) may be mixed with syrup or emulsion of acacia and syrup, administered on an empty stomach, and followed by a saline Purge or castor oil one or two hours afterward. The oil may be given in capsule to older children and adults. It is not contraindicated by irritation of the bowels. Oil of chenopodium has recently been found to be completely effective in the removal of the hook-worm (Ankylostoma Uncinaria, or Uncinaria Americana).1
OLEUM CHENOPODII
Oil of Chenopodium, Oil of American Wormseed. A volatile oil obtained from Chenopodium ambrosioides anthelminticum, Linné (Nat. Ord. Chenopodiaceae). Naturalized in the United States. Description.A colorless or pale-yellowish oil having a penetrating and persistent disagreeable taste and odor. Soluble in alcohol. Dose, 1 to 6 drops. Specific Indications.-Ascarides, hookworm. Action and Therapy.One of the most efficient but disagreeable tasting of anthelmintics, being especially useful for the removal of ascarides or roundworms. Two (2) or three drops may be given on sugar, in emulsion, or in capsules two or three times a day before meals, for two to five days, and followed by a brisk cathartic. Intestinal irritation and inflammation is not a bar to its use notwithstanding that it is a stimulant to both the circulation and nervous system. It is said to succeed better than thymol in hookworm (uncinariasis) and, unlike that agent, can be given in association with castor oil, the latter also increasing its efficiency. Oil of chenopodium forms the basis of several popular worm nostrums. It is also diaphoretic, diuretic, and expectorant.1
Oil of Chenopodium, Oil of American Wormseed. A volatile oil obtained from Chenopodium ambrosioides anthelminticum, Linné (Nat. Ord. Chenopodiaceae). Naturalized in the United States. Description.A colorless or pale-yellowish oil having a penetrating and persistent disagreeable taste and odor. Soluble in alcohol. Dose, 1 to 6 drops. Specific Indications.-Ascarides, hookworm. Action and Therapy.One of the most efficient but disagreeable tasting of anthelmintics, being especially useful for the removal of ascarides or roundworms. Two (2) or three drops may be given on sugar, in emulsion, or in capsules two or three times a day before meals, for two to five days, and followed by a brisk cathartic. Intestinal irritation and inflammation is not a bar to its use notwithstanding that it is a stimulant to both the circulation and nervous system. It is said to succeed better than thymol in hookworm (uncinariasis) and, unlike that agent, can be given in association with castor oil, the latter also increasing its efficiency. Oil of chenopodium forms the basis of several popular worm nostrums. It is also diaphoretic, diuretic, and expectorant.1
References
1) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.