BOCA DRAGON
antirrhinum majus
BOCA DRAGON
antirrhinum majus
Escrofulariáceas
family
.
Description:
Perennial plant root axonomorfa, branched, pubescent and lignified stem at the base. The leaves have
a
petiole are very small or even
sessile
. His insertion into the stem is variable, as they can so arranged verticilada or alternates. The film is slightly tomentosa and limbo, lanceolado. The flowers are arranged in bunches, the Corolla is bilabiada, white or
red
; the cup is pentalaciniado. The result is an ellipsoidal capsule carrying crested oval seeds. The plant can reach measuring 50 cm. tall. Very
common
in cultivation by the
beauty
of its flowers. Is harvested in
summer
.
Used parts:
flowers and leaves.
Chemical compounds:
mucilage, gallic acid, resins, pectin, rinantina,
bitter
.
Antiphlogistic properties:
resolvent.
How to use:
Infusion, poultice.
Note:
Effective in all kinds of inflammations, is also used for
hemorrhoids
, which develops
a
decongestant action similar to that of the
linaria
.
Has
also been used in gargarismos against ulceration of the oral cavity, and internally in the
colitis
and
heartburn
. Externally applied as
a
poultice on
erythema
,
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