ABRÓTANO FEMALE (santolina chemaecyparissus)

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	ABRÓTANO FEMALE
	*santolina chemaecyparissus*

Name
ABRÓTANO FEMALE

Scientific Name
santolina chemaecyparissus

ABRÓTANO FEMALE

Also it is known like:

Wardrobe, Lombriguera Grass

This plant, that pleases of the Mediterranean sun, the flame wardrobe, because, placed flowery his ramilletes in the closets, protects to the clothes of polilla and other insects.

Habitat: it plants own of the Mediterranean countries, where it prefers the pedregales of calcáreos lands. One cultivates in gardens and orchards.

Description: it plants vivaz of the family of the Composed ones, who reaches from 20 to 50 cms. of height. Their leaves are vellosas, and they are very finely divided, reason why they remember to those of the cypress. Terminal flowers of yellow color gold. Of scent strong and bitter flavor.

Used parts: the floral small heads and the seeds.

Properties and indications: all the plant, and specially the floral small heads, contain until 1% of essence, composed of a ketone (santolinona), and a ester of phenolic nature. Others of their components are: tannins, resins and a bitter principle. Their properties are very similar to those of manzanilla:

Stomach, digestive and antispasmodic tonic: it plants ideal to facilitate the digestion of which they suffer of the stomach.

Vermifuge: very useful against áscaris and oxiuros (parasitic intestinal) frequent in the children.

Emanogogo of smooth effects: it causes the menstruation.

Applied externally, in the bath water, the abrótano female provides a pleasing emollient effect (desinflama the skin), relajante and sedative.

Use: In infusion prepared with 6 or 7 floral small heads by water cup. A cup interferes after each food. Also they are taken from 3 to 5 drops of the essence, 3 times to the day. As vermifugal it is possible to be taken in infusion of a teaspoon of dessert of seeds by water cup, that takes all the mornings during one week - to repeat another equal cycle to the month -. In dust of seeds, of 2 to 4 grams daily mixed with honey or juices. For external use hot baths are taken that are made spilling in the water of the bath 2 liters of infusion done with a great handful of floral small heads; or, adding of 10 to 20 drops of essence in the bathtub.

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