200 HERBAL EPAZOTE MEXICAN CULINARY HERB SEEDS Dysphania ambrosioides BEAN DISH
~ ~ ~ WE OFFER BOTH PKT. & BULK SIZES ~ ~ ~ Epazote Dysphania ambrosioides Epazote, wormseed, Jesuit's tea, Mexican tea, Paico or Herba Sancti Mari (Dysphania ambrosioide)s, is an herb native to Central America, South America, and southern Mexico. Indispensable ingredient in traditional Mexican chili sauces and bean dishes. Pungent flavor with refreshing camphor and minty overtones. Medicinal: Aids digestion and helps prevent flatulence Culinary uses Epazote is used as a leaf vegetable and herb for its pungent flavor. Raw, it has a resinous, medicinal pungency, similar to anise, fennel, or even tarragon, but stronger. Epazote's fragrance is strong but difficult to describe. It has been compared to citrus,petroleum, savory, mint and camphor. Although it is traditionally used with black beans for flavor and its carminative properties, it is also sometimes used to flavor other traditional Mexican dishes as well: it can be used to season quesadillas and sopes (especially those containinghuitlacoche), soups, mole de olla, tamales with cheese and chile, chilaquiles, eggs and potatoes and enchiladas. Medicinal uses Epazote is commonly believed to prevent flatulence caused by eating beans and is therefore used to season them. It is also used in the treatment of amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, malaria, chorea, hysteria, catarrh, and asthma. Oil of chenopodium is derived from this plant. It is antihelminthic, that is, it kills intestinal worms, and was once listed for this use in the US Pharmacopeia. It is also cited as an antispasmodic and abortifacient. Epazote essential oil contains ascaridole (up to 70%), limonene, p-cymene, and smaller amounts of numerous other monoterpenes and monoterpene derivatives (α-pinene, myrcene, terpinene, thymol, camphor and trans-isocarveol).