Epazote (Dysphania of ambrosioides), also well-being-smelling, Mexican grape/cluster dte mentioned, is a kind from the kind Dysphania (in former times a within the family that fox tail plants (Amaranthaceae). The intensively smelling plant serves as herb and spice.

The name Epazote is derived from the Nahuatl name for the stinking animal and is to probably refer to the intensive smell.

Description

Epazote is a plant of several years, which can become high in their homeland up to 2 m. The felling trees branches carry small sheets with strongly edge. The tiny small, yellow blooms are located in grapes/clusters in at the branch points; after fertilization from it small develops.

Origin

Epazote originates from the tropical and subtropical America, however as Ruderalpflanze in warm areas in the whole world settled. Since it is not winter hard, it grows only on particularly protected places in Central Europe.

Contents materials

The sheets contain up to 2% ethereal of an oil with the main content material Ascaridol, a Monoterpenperoxid.

Use

In the Mexican kitchen fresh or dried is particularly used for peppering beans. Epazote is particularly in south Mexico common.

Because of the disinfecting effect of the Ascaridols the addition decreases the otherwise easily arising blowing from to cooked beans. A particularly ascaridolreiche sort (var. anthelminticum) in the people medicine as worm means one uses.

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