The highest amount of vitamin A is found in wild spinach or white goosefoot at 11300 IU international unit.
Wild spinach scientific name - chenopodium album family - amaranthaceae is a plant that grows in India along with rabi crops. Its herb is used for cooking.
Bathua or wild spinach is one such vegetable whose properties are unfamiliar to most of the people. This small looking green plant is very beneficial, its consumption in winter helps in keeping many diseases away. Bathua is rich in iron, bathua not only increases digestion power but also gets rid of many other diseases.
Its leaves contain aromatic oil, potash and albuminoids. From the point of view of dosha karma, it is supposed to pacify the tridoshas Vata, Pitta, Kapha. Ayurvedic scholars consider Bathua to be an appetite enhancer, bile sedative, cleansing and purifying excreta. It is useful for eyes and destroyer of stomach worms. It enhances digestion power, enhances interest in food, eliminates constipation and makes the voice throat sweet.
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