ALPINE ALQUIMILA (alquimila alpina alchemilla alpina)

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	ALPINE ALQUIMILA
	*alquimila alpina alchemilla alpina*

Name
ALPINE ALQUIMILA

Scientific Name
alquimila alpina alchemilla alpina

ALPINE ALQUIMILA

Alquimila alpine is a herbaceous plant that belongs to the family of the rosaceous ones. Their leaves are games in several gores, 5 or 7 normally, that they arrive until his center. They have a dark green color and they are totally smooth, without hair in his superior face whereas by reverso they are covered by a fine hair that is distributed by all the leaf very well, forming a layer uniforms that it makes shine. It is a quite thin plant. One grows up in graníticos or pizarrosos rocky crags.

The flowering of this plant takes place in June, July and part of August. In these months its harvesting is made, taking advantage of that the plant or has bloomed or is on the verge of doing it. Usually one collects the whole plant since their parts can be used all.

It contains tánicas matters and much against the intestinal inflammations is used. Its effect consists of desinflamar the gut alleviating to a large extent the pains belly. This lightening specially must to its properties analgesic astringents and and to their antiinflammatory condition of intestinal.

The name of this plant comes from the frequent use that of her the alchemists did, great observers of the nature in its continuous search of the call filosofal stone. This species is characterized because usually it accumulates gotitas of water in the center of his leaves, that come from rain or the dew. When leaving the sun, the accumulated drops shine much, which gave rise to that the alchemists paid attention to her and began to use the water that distilled. This plant is also good for the animals, because it cures the gastrointestinales annoyances satisfactorily and, in special, the enteritis with pains cólico type produced normally by the ingestion injurious grass. In spite of these properties, in the past the shepherds they avoided that their flocks ingested these plants when still they were humid, because they thought that they could inflame the stomach of the animals; so single they allowed them to do it when they were totally dry.

Infusion: Water is put to boil with ramillete of this plant and it is taken when still it is warms up. It must be consumed 2 times to the day and avoiding to throw sugar, because this is not nothing recommendable in intestinal upheavals. If its flavor is not pleasant, can be complemented with leaves of mint or marialuisa.

Baking: It is let cook during 5 or 10 minutes in water and later one takes 3 times to the day before the meals.

Antiinflamatorio. Analgesic. Astringent.

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