Aconite
Aconite
Other names:
Castilian:
Acónito
, matalobos, amapelo.
Portuguese:
Acónito
, napello,
a hood
.
Italian:
Aconito.
French:
Aconit
napel,
aconit
tue - loup, CASQUE of Jupiter, napel bleu.
English
: Monkshood,
aconite
, Wolfsbane, blue rocket,
Friar's
cap, Auld's wife fled.
Dutch:
Monnikskap, duivelskruid.
German
: Eschter sturmhut, blauer Eisenhut, Eisenhut.
Italian:
Aconito, risigallo, napello.
Probably, many of the poisonous potion in vogue in times of the Romans have contained
acónito
And that CVL century died
a
few shepherds in Ia
Iberian
peninsula by eating meat that asarone using
a
dry branch of
acónito
as
a
support.
Acónito
talk about is talk of
poison
. We are facing
a
plant with beautiful flowers, very striking in the wild, as it stands out for height and
beauty
of the accompanying it.
But
their venom is deadly.
CHARACTERISTICS:
The mushroom in
winter
,
but
it retains its perennial root, from which emerges
a
new stems in
spring
. In fact, it does not have
a
single root
but
two bulbous rhizomes (precisely because of its shape bulb, as
a
turnip
, is called
napelo
) The leaves, with many divisions and branches, similar to those of
parsley
, are arranged around
a
stem of
a
meter in height that arise also populated with numerous some twigs blue flowers. The fruit is composed of three pieces, like peas, joined by the base. When
mature
, open and shed seeds. It is also called
napelo
and matalobos.
LOCATION:
Lives in the high mountains along the watercourses and in wet
meadows
.
ACTIVE:
It
has
some
specific
alkaloids forming what
has
come to be known Aconitine. They are found throughout the plant,
but
especially in the bulbs that form the roots.
Medicinal properties:
The Aconitine is one of the most toxic alkaloids that are known. It acts on the
central
nervous
system
exciting so far as to get to cause
cardiac
arrest. However, at appropriate doses, can be used to combat pain, cough or
asthma
, also
has
anti -
rheumatic
properties.
COLLECTING:
While Aconitine is found throughout the plant, the bulb is the most interesting, because
each
plant
has
two or more, all suitable for the extraction of alkaloids, and support leaving it buried one of them to get
a
new plant following year. The best time to harvest is at the end of
winter
.
USES AND APPLICATIONS:
The simple touch of the plant with the latter irritates the skin and should therefore be avoided touching it with bare skin and, of course, do not touch food without having to wash their hands before. Therefore, it is not advisable to use as
a
home
remedy. They must be specialists who handle the plant and the alkaloids extracted.
USES AND APPLICATIONS:
The simple touch of the plant with the latter irritates the skin and should therefore be avoided touching it with bare skin and, of course, do not touch food without having to wash their hands before. Therefore, it is not advisable to use as
a
home
remedy. They must be specialists who handle the plant and the alkaloids extracted.
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