EUROPEAN LARCH (larix decidua)

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	EUROPEAN LARCH
	*larix decidua*

Name
EUROPEAN LARCH

Scientific Name
larix decidua

EUROPEAN LARCH

Family: Coniferous.

Description: Tree with raised trunk and crust provided with a series of reddish spots. Almost horizontal ramifications, slightly returned upwards. With the age, the leaves acquire a pale green color with two bands ready in all their length. The same foot takes masculine and feminine flowers, had on small cones (estróbilos) and fragmentation hand grenades clear brown color respectively. The fruits are formed by overlapped, consistent grudges, of reddish color. The seeds are oval, with a species of fin in the edge, and they are arranged in the armpit of each grudge. It is an own plant of the mountainous zones and grows in spontaneous state until the 2,000 ms of height. It is collected in autumn.

Used parts: The resin.

Composed chemical: Trementina, essential oil, acid laricínico, draws resin from, bitter substance.

Properties: Balsamic, hemostatic.

Way of use: Syrup, essence, liparolito.

Note: The resin is contraindicated for the renales patients. By distillation, it provides trementina essence, that constitutes an effective antidote in the envenenamientos by phosphorus. The leaves contain vitamin C, and for that reason they are adapted for the treatment of the resfriados ones. The trunks emit a sweetened manna. The white agarico is a common guest of the larch.

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