Question

Chenopodium oil is used in which disease?
A) Tuberculosis
B) Typhoid
C) Ascariasis
D) Smallpox

Answer 1

Hint: Many plants and herbs can be used in the treatment of disease. These plants and herbs provide the best treatment to the human body and show lesser side effects.

Complete answer:
Now, let us analyze each option to find the correct answer.
>Option A: Artemisia afra is one of the most popular used herbs for the treatment of Tuberculosis. So, option A is incorrect.
>Option B: Basil is one of the most common herbs used for treatment of typhoid and malaria. So, option B is incorrect.
>Option C: Chenopodium oil is extracted from the seeds of epazote or by steam distillation of fresh flowers of the plant. Chenopodium is a herb whose oil is used to kill roundworms in the intestine. So, it's good for the treatment of Ascariasis. So, option C is correct.

The symptoms of this disease are,
-Severe abdominal pain
-Weight loss
-Presence of worm in vomit or stool
-Fatigue
-Nausea and vomiting
-It can also cause diarrhea or bloody stools

Option D: Sarracenia purpurea, Astragalus membranaceus, Echinacea angustifolia, and Coriolus versicolor are some of the herbs that are used in the treatment of smallpox. So, option D is incorrect.

Thus, the correct answer is option (C) Ascariasis.

Note: Chenopodium is an herb. Oil made from this herb is used as medicine. Authorities disagree on whether chenopodium oil is the oil of fresh, flowering, and fruiting parts of the plant or seed oil. Despite serious safety concerns, people take chenopodium oil to kill roundworms and hookworms in the intestine.