wormseed

/wurm-seed/US // ˈwɜrmˌsid //UK // (ˈwɜːmˌsiːd) //

虫草,虫草籽,虫草种子,蜗牛种子

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : the dried, unexpanded flower heads of a wormwood, Artemisia cina, or the fruit of certain goosefoots, especially Chenopodium anthelminticum, the Mexican tea or American wormseed, used as an anthelmintic drug.
- : any of these plants.

Take wormseed, half a drachm, flour of sulphur, a drachm; mix and make a powder.
Castor oil, also alone or with a few drops of the oil of turpentine or of wormseed, is also an effectual remedy.
Wormseed, or the seed of Chenopodium anthelminticum, has been a favorite remedy for the round-worm, especially in children.