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 | | Chenopodium vulvaria (Arrach, Stinking Arrach, Stinking Goosefoot, Dog’s Arrach, Goat’s Arrach, Goosefoot, Stinking Motherwort, Netchweed, Orache; Spanish: Epazote del Zorillo, Yerba del Zorillo, Yerba del Perro) |
 | | The odours of the two varieties differ like night and day, with the Wormseed plant giving off a pleasant scent while Arrach is decidedly the opposite. |
 | | Although the Arrach has long been used as a medicine in Europe, Northern Africa, and the Caucasus to relieve menstrual cramps and promote menstruation, its distinctive unpleasant smell (like that of musty herring brine) often precludes any danger of continued or long-term use. |
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