Official name: Fire Pit

Latin name: Chenopodium botrys L.

Other names: goosefoot

Description: Fire Pit is an annual herbaceous plant of the Chenopodiaceae family. In Bulgaria it is found in sandy, grassy, stony and dry places with up to 900m above sea level. Its stem is fibrous, up to 60 cm high, erect, rarely creeping, branched, and the root – fusiform. The leaves are fragrant, alternately arranged. The flowers are small, greenish or yellow, gathered in apical pyramidal panicles located in the axils of the upper leaves and along the tips of the stem. The fruit is tlattened with a black-gray globular seed. The whole plant is covered with glandular hairs and has a pleasant strong smell. The taste is balsamic. It blooms from July to October.

Part of the herb used: The aerial part of the medicinal plant is used – the stalks ( Herba chenopodii botrys)

Harvest time: The stalks of their herb are harvested in September-October, cutting off the upper leafy part of the stem during flowering about 30 cm from the top. The collected healing mass is dried at low temperature in ventilated rooms without direct sunlight.

Chemical composition/ Content and properties: The medicinal plant contains about up to 1.5% essential oil, saponins, phenols, aldehydes, flavonoids(quercetins), alkaloids(betaine), ketones, alcohols, glycosides and organic acids (cinnalic, ferulic), etc. In addition, it also contains calcium, potassium, sodium and iron. Ascaridol, contained in all parts of the herb, has anthelmintic, antifungal, sedative and analgesic properties.

Healing action and application: The Hearth has a strong anthelmintic, antimicrobial and antidiarrheal effect. It is used for severe diarrhea, hemorrhoids, worms, problems caused by salmonella, streptococci and staphylococci. The herb enhances blood supply to the coronary vessels of the heart, eliminates dizziness, normalizes the function of the nervous system and sleep. Externally, the medicinal plant is used for skin diseases and skin lesions.

Opportunities for offering at the request of the client:

“Vesselino” LTD offers its customers the herb in the following varieties:

• Stalks ( Herb Chenopodii botrys) – dried, crushed cut to a certain size at the customer’s request, ground into powder/flour