गौडवास्तुकम् - Chenopodium ambrosioides
Name - गौडवास्तुकम्
Botanical name - Chenopodium ambrosioides
Description - Aromatic, erect, much branched herbs. Leaves glandular. Flowers minute, in paniculate leafy spikes.
Chemical Constituents- Plant contains triterpene glycosides Chenopodosides A and B, essential oil containing mainly ascaridole and limonene. Roots and other parts contain saponin. Fruits contain flavonol glycosides, kaempferol, isorhamnetin, quercetin
Use - Oil used as an anthelmintic against any form of intestinal parasite including round worms, hook worms and intestinal amoebae
