This day I bring you the 58th delivery of the series: Let's talk about Medicinal Plants, today the: Paico.

Dysphania ambrosioides, commonly called epazote or paico in Latin American countries, is a perennial aromatic plant, used as a condiment and as a medicinal plant in Mexico and many other countries in Latin America, such as Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, El Salvador, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela, as well as in the southern United States. In Mexico it is also called acahualillo or milpa tea. This wild aromatic plant. It is very appreciated in herbal medicine. It is cultivated a lot in the gardens and gardens. The flowers and leaves are taken as an infusion.