Guest guest Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 OK, so Chenopodium is " lambs quarters???? " or something related ... anyone concerned about parasites, this sounds good ... http://www.scirpus.ca/dung/human.htmReinhard, K. J., J. R. Ambler, and M. McGuffie 1985 Diet and Parasitism at Dust Devil Cave. American Antiquity 50:819-824. AEU PMC CC 1 A6 Site is in southern Utah, associated with the Desha Complex (6800 - 4800 yr BC). Absence of pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis) ova in samples suggests the cave's inhabitants were free of intestinal parasites. Large quantities of Chenopodium seeds identified. Chenopodium is a vermifuge and so would account for lack of parasite ova. Authors note that other populations in the southwest where Chenopodium was not consumed exhibit greater parasite loads. Pinworm present in most other studies of faecal samples from Colorado Plateau. A similar pattern is evident in Anasazi populations. -- Heidi Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 > > OK, so Chenopodium is " lambs quarters???? " or something > related ... anyone concerned about parasites, > this sounds good ... Lambs quarters is one species of chenopodium. Quinoa is another one, but the one I think of as being a vermifuge is Epazote (Chenopodium ambrosioides). Epazote is an herb used in Mexican cuisine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 I thought this might be a Jeopardy answer, in which case, the answer is: What's brown and sounds like a bell? Lynn S. Monty Python fan ------ Lynn Siprelle * web developer, writer, mama, fiber junky Editor/Publisher, The New Homemaker http://www.thenewhomemaker.com/ Celebrating 5 Years of Homemaker and Caregiver Support: 1999-2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 >I thought this might be a Jeopardy answer, in which case, the answer is: > >What's brown and sounds like a bell? > >Lynn S. >Monty Python fan Oh man ... and here the poop-describers thought they were obnoxious :--) -- Heidi Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 > > >Lambs quarters is one species of chenopodium. Quinoa is another one, > >but the one I think of as being a vermifuge is Epazote (Chenopodium > >ambrosioides). Epazote is an herb used in Mexican cuisine. > > > > > > Thanks! I'll have to look it up at my local greenhouse, maybe > it will grow here? > Then I can feed it to the goats ... ? Here in SE Iowa, epazote just showed up on the farm of some friends of mine. It grew in huge patches out by a barn where a horse, a couple cows, and some sheep were kept. The animals ate a lot of it, and I imagine it kept them pretty well dewormed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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