GARLIC OSO
allium ursinum
GARLIC OSO
allium ursinum
Family
: Liliaceae.
Description:
perennial herb with white bulb carrying
a
floral escaped. The leaves start from the same bulb; are very petiolated, oval and dark green glossy. The flowers are meeting in umbel on the apical escaped, locked in the first instance by
a
Espata that opens in bloom, white and consisting of six tápalos. The fruit is
a
capsule trilocular, which contains the seeds angular. It grows in damp and shady places in Europe, preferably next to watercourses. The escape can reach 40 cm. tall. Is collected in May and June.
Used parts:
the bulb.
Active Principles:
Essence, hydrogen chloride, salts, volatile aldehydes.
Indications:
debugger, rubefaciente, hypotensive, anthelmintic.
Use:
tincture, syrup, decoction, juice, pulp poultice, essence.
Interest:
From the medical point of view this species
has
properties comparable to those of
common
garlic
. It is
now
widely used in the form of juice in slimming diets. The leaves are exploited as
a
condiment to
flavor
some salads. The essence is used as rubefaciente in
rheumatic
diseases
and
liquid
disinfectant solution of the environment.
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