Herbaceous plant of the family of the compound ones, who can be annual or biennial. On the average, usually it does not happen of the meter of height. Their stems are thin and flexible and their long and narrow leaves, denticuladas and blanquecinas. It has ovoid small heads, with I involve of leaves or sly, narrow brácteas affluent, and with a ciliado apical appendix. In this small head there are flowers of two classes: peripheral, which they are very ostentosas and of an intense color blue, and those of the center, much smaller and of bluish color purple.
This grass grows up in almost all the north of Spain, being one of the more typical mesegueras plants. It comes from East and one widely distributed along with numerous cereals of those earth. It blooms as of May.
For medicinal use the floral chapters are collected, in concrete the radial flowers; the more blue they are, the more concentration in active principles will have. They are dried the most scattered possible and in ventilated place so that they lose the humidity quickly. In the tile or aciano we found mucílago, tannins, flavonoides and abundant colorantes pigments, between which it is possible to emphasize the cianina.
Also it appears a bitter principle and abundant mineral salts. It has been considered that the bitter principle acts like appetizer and eupéptico. The mineral flavonoides and salts confer to the plant diuréticas properties. In the composition they appear compounds that have antibiotic virtues, antipiréticas and antiinflammatory.
But without a doubt the popular use more characteristic of this grass occurs in the field of ophtalmology. Thus, one says that the aciano water is wonderful nonsingle to mainly cure most of the ailments of eyes those that are accompanied by inflammation but also to fortify, to clarify and to conserve the Vista, specially in the people of more age. This action can be related to found pigments, that they have properties to improve the circulation of the hair glasses; this contributes to the regeneration of the vascular layer of the retina, increasing therefore the visual sharpness. Therefore, it is indicated in any ocular problem like conjuntivitis, blefaritis, etc. In addition it is used in slow digestions, hemorroides reumatismo, anorexy, varices and hair fragility.
Infusion: A spoonful of dessert by boiling water cup. They are possible to be taken up to three cups to the day. This same infusion - carrying far the hygienic conditions it is possible to be prepared to make ocular baths or to use like coiris astringent. In the pharmaceutical market one is in different forms, as it plants divided and vegetal extract.
Antibiotic: Diurético. Antiinflamatorio
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