VEDEGAMBRE
veratrum album
VEDEGAMBRE
veratrum album
Family
: Liliaceae.
Description:
Perennial plant of creeping rhizomes, with
a
series of markings on the leaves lost, dark, fibrous, with many radículas. The leaves are alternate, somewhat coriaceous, ovaladoelípticas, with the apex acute nerviaciones longitudinal parallel, margin entire top layer glabra, envainante, with the stems erect, fistulous. The flowers are grouped into pods,
each
one bearing
a
yellow
- green petiole. The tépalos, lanceolate, available in number six. The fruit is
a
capsule trilocular that encloses
a
series of flat seeds. You can reach
a
meter and
a
half in height. Montane
meadow
in abound across Europe. Is harvested in early
autumn
.
Used parts:
The rhizome.
Active Principles:
Protoveratrina, germerina, jervina, veratramina, veratrosina, veratralbina, quelidónico acid,
rubber
, sugar, starch.
Directions:
Analgesics, emetocatártico, antirheumatic, estornutatorio.
Use:
Powders, dyeing, liparolito.
Interesting:
highly poisonous plant that should not be used in domestic medicine because of that paralytic action on the
nervous
system
develops. The external preparations are used as painkillers local skins on without
injury
. The decoction of the plant is insecticide, and this property is used with action equivalent to the chemicals. The dust sucked produce sneezing.
Attention
should be paid during the gathering in order not to confuse the root of the
gentian
with the
vedegambre
. It's an easy mistake, since the leaves of both species are
almost
equal.
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