WORMWOOD GLACIALIS (artemisia glaciales)

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	WORMWOOD GLACIALIS
	*artemisia glaciales*

Name
WORMWOOD GLACIALIS

Scientific Name
artemisia glaciales

WORMWOOD GLACIALIS

Family Compound.

Description Of artemes, healthy. Plant of approximately 10 cm., with axonomorfa root, of silver-plated color and aromatic scent. The stem is simple, turgid; the leaves, deeply divided, are laciniadas or whole. The flowers form golden chapters. I involve consists of a aterciopelada bráctea. The fruits aquenios are squashed. It lives in rocky places over the 1,500 m.s is collected in summer.

Used parts: The whole plant.

Composed chemical: It contains a bitter principle, essential oil (cineol), draws resin from, tannin. The essence that is obtained from the dried plant presents/displays a content from the 0.1 to 0.3 %. Has aromatic scent and mantecosa consistency.

Properties: Antimeteoric, sedative, stomach, expectorante digestive.

Way of use: Infusion, tinctures, syrup, fluid extract.

Note: Very used, next to other next species, in the preparation of licores. The use, from the medicinal point of view, is limited the regions in which it grows spontaneous. It seems in addition that the prepared ones with this species present/display an action on the denominated one mountain sickness. The indiscriminate use of the plant has taken in some countries to consider it like protected species. As it cures of emergency, compresas with crushed are used of this species, applying them on the wounds.

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