Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
It is a species of Eurasian’s origin adapted to temperate climates on the Northern Hemisphere.
It grows on dry and sunny grounds, meadows, cultivated fields and slopes, up to 2500 meters.
The Greek mythology mentions cures that Achilles made with it to wounded at the Troy’s battle, and using the name of Aquileia, today.
Perennial aromatic plant has creeping stolons and erect stems.
The leaves are alternated, dark green, hairy and bipinnate.
The inflorescences are white or pink, in forms in corymbs, with 10 flowers of each head.
Contains a cover where there are bract lanceolated and slightly ovate.
This type of involucres are called “involucres with many flowers”, to surround several flowers.
Not all flowers are hermaphrodite (heads heterogamous), but accompanied by others that are unisexual.
The fruit is an achene compressed, from 2 to 3 mm long, glabrous and without pappus.
The drugs are the flowering tops, but also have used the leaves or stem.
It contains volatile oils, flavonoids, tannins, potassium and phosphorous mineral salts and vitamin C, among others.
Its pharmacological activity is similar to that of chamomile, since they belong to the same family.
They emphasize their anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, anti-hepatotoxics and diuretic properties.
But it also has antispasmodic, antimicrobial and astringent properties.
At high dose, infusions may cause headaches and gastritis during lactation.
The pollen of the flowers causes allergies.
People who are treated with anticoagulants is not recommended to take it as it power the effects.
It is also used in cleaning cosmetic, as substitute for hops in beer or as snuff in the instead of tobacco.