Epazote: What This Flavorful Herb Can Offer for Your Health

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By Dr. Mercola

Latin American cuisine uses ingredients that are both interesting and flavorful. Epazote (Chenopodium ambrosioides1), also called goosefoot, skunk weed, wormseed or Mexican tea, is one of the many herbs that bring life to Latin American cuisine and provide health benefits at the same time.2

What Is Epazote?

Epazote belongs to the Amaranthaceae family of herbs and vegetables,3 which includes amaranth, spinach, beets4 and quinoa.5 Epazote leaves are dark green, long, slender and pointed, and are commonly used in Mexico and Guatemala. This herb may also be called by …read more

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