ABSTRACT
Despite the fact that it is prominently listed in almost every catalog of herbs currently available, and also that many writers describe it as a valuable herb (Gibbons,1 for example, devotes six pages to the "useful" chickweed), I can think of no good reason to allow space to this worthless weed. Nevertheless, because people are apt to be misled by uncritical advocates of the medicinal use of chickweed, it is probably worthwhile to give it brief consideration.
