One cup of raw lamb's quarter leaves contains: ~ 80 mg of Vitamin C ~ 11,600 IU of Vitamin A ~ 72 mg of Phosphorus ~ 309 mg of Calcium as well as good amounts of ~ Thiamin ~ Riboflavin ~ Niacin and ~ Iron
Lamb's Quarter does have some gentle medicinal properties, and is a very nutritious and healthy addition to the diet. The leaves are anthelmintic, antiphlogistic, antirheumatic, mildly laxative, odontalgic. An infusion is taken in the treatment of rheumatism. The leaves are applied as a wash or poultice to bug bites, sunstroke, rheumatic joints and swollen feet, whilst a decoction is used for carious teeth.