Scabious
Scabious
Legend
has
it that the devil, recognizing the virtues of
Escabiosa
was
angered, and so no one will take advantage of it, broke her following
a
bite, which explains its peculiar shape.
Escabiosa
branch along with
a
detail of fruit. She took advantage of their flowers and leaves to prepare
herbal
teas expectorants, and its rhizome is an infusion of depurativas properties.
Its name derives from the Latin
Scabies
, which means
scabies
. He refers to his power to cure skin
diseases
or skin manifestations of other
diseases
such as
syphilis
or the plague, which
was
much used during the Middle Ages. It is currently used by homeopaths as
a
tincture to cure certain skin
diseases
.
FEATURES:
It is
a
perennial plant, which is more than
a
meter tall with
a
green stem, completely
straight
culminating in several floral appendages made up of small spherical
flower
heads in the form of chalice, blue or
violet
. The leaves, oval, closer to its end, are arranged in pairs, along the stem, one against the other, forming
a
common
basis for both. Underground, the stem widens and grows horizontally to
a
certain point where it appears to be cut with
a
knife (hence the legend of the devil) In this underground stem (rhizome) hanging around frayed
rootlets
absorbent
function
.
LOCATION:
It is
a
plant
itself
on the European continent, typical of wet
grasslands
in the mountains or the lowlands, grows spontaneously by all of it is up to 2000m altitude.
Used Part.
The flowering tops, leaves.
ACTIVE:
The entire plant contains
a
feature called glucoside
Escabiosa
also have been found tannins, minerals (especially
potassium
salts) possesses the rhizome saponin, which is not in the thallus or leaves on the stem or leaves.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES:
If, initially, applications were made in
a
skin
diseases
, today it is known to be purifying (hence its virtues in the affections of the skin) astringent, expectorant and
vulnerary
.
COLLECTING:
Flowering begins in
summer
and
autumn
, is the time during which you can boot the plant, because it uses all of it, especially the rhizome with the roots adjacent. There are also those who prefer the rhizome before flowering, as it is when it contains higher proportion of active ingredients,
but
then their size is smaller.
USES AND APPLICATIONS:
The flowers and leaves, fresh, can be used to prepare
a
tea
fluidificante expectorant and
respiratory
tract useful in
diseases
such as
bronchitis
or simple colds (
c
enough to prepare the infusion handful of flowers, or 3 or 4 leaves, or both half and half and taking it very hot three times
a
day. To seize the properties depurativas uses its infusion of rhizomes.
Active Principles.
Tannins,
bitter
principles: Sesquiterpenes lactones.
Drug Action.
Plant very poorly studied. Popularly used as depurative, laxative, antipruritic, balsamic (expectorant) appetizer and
vulnerary
(healing)
Indications.
Inappetence,
bronchitis
, eczema,
measles
, constipation, not hungry, wounded.
Galenica forms / Dosage.
Internal use:
Infusion:
one tablespoon per cup of dessert. Infuse 10 minutes. Two or three cups
a
day.
External use:
Infusion:
implemented in the form of lotions or towels.
Bibliography.
Bézanger - Beauquesne, L; Pinkas, M; Torck, M; Trotin,
F
. Medicinal plants of temperate Regions. Paris: Maloine, 1980, pp. 369.
Villar, L; Palacín, JM; Calvo,
C
. Gomez,
D
; Montserrat, G. Medicinal Plants of the Aragonese Pyrenees and other tierrras Huesca. 2. Huesca: Provincial, 1992,
p
. 134.
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