MILHOMBRES
aristolochia macroura
MILHOMBRES
aristolochia macroura
Names:
"duck", "colluded duck, " "turkey - hole", "Papo of Peru", "jarrinha of cauda, " "jarrinha da Praia" (
Brazil
)
Geographical distribution and habitat:
Grows in
Brazil
, Paraguay and the north - eastern
Argentina
(
Chaco
, Corrientes, Misiones, Santa Fe) in clearings in the jungle and mountains that line the rivers and streams.
Brief description of the plant:
Enredadera perennial with leaves more or less deeply trilobuladas (rarely bilobuladas) discoloration, pubescent on the underside, glabrous on the beam, enervate.
Flores
reddish
brown
with
purple
streaks, long lip care of 20 - 35cm long. From
a
cylindrical capsule oblong, hexagon, with little or no faces of 5 - 7cm long by 2 - 3cm wide, dehiscent (opens in valves that hangs like an umbrella) Seeds flat, triangular - Cordes, warts on the back and smooth ventrally. It blooms in
spring
.
Uses and part used:
Stems and leaves are used as anti; as the root emenagogo, alexifármaco and antiseptic for external use.
Quínicos components and isolated:
no: aristoloquina.
Obs. There are other species of
Aristolochia
with similar uses and chemical components such as
Aristolochia
Argentina
Gray and
Aristolochia
triangularis Cham.
Administration:
cooking of 20 grams per
liter
of water, up to two cups
a
day.
Caution:
The treatments must be discontinuous, with periods of rest (
a
week and took two of rest) Do not exceed the dose indicated by the risk of
liver
toxicity.
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