BACARÁ (ásaroasarum europaeum)

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	BACARÁ
	*ásaroasarum europaeum*

Name
BACARÁ

Scientific Name
ásaroasarum europaeum

BACARÁ

Other Names:

Bacará

Used from the Roman antiquity. Pliny the Old one already mentioned it in his writings by his emética property (vomitiva). Without embargo, at the moment, he has fallen in disuse because he has been replaced by the ipecacuana, plants American of intense vomiting effect. All the plant gives off a scent that remembers to the one of the trementina, and its flavor is sharp and nauseous. Its French name is asaret, although vulgarly is known it like night club, because was used it to cause the vomit of the ebrios, so that they could continue drinking.

Habitat: one grows up in forests of leafy trees in the European continent. In the single Iberian Peninsula one is in mountains of the North third.

Description: it plants crawling of 10-15 cm of height, of the family of the Aristoloquiáceas, that forms great colonies in the forests. Their leaves are great, of arrińonada form and dark green color. The flowers are solitary, of greenish color purple or.

Used part: the leaves and the root.

Properties and indications: all the plant contains asarina, that is powerful an irritating one of the digestive mucous; essential oil, tannins, resins and flavonoides. He is powerful a vomiting one, reason why it is possible to be used to cause the vomit in case of poisoning by oral route. It gives good results in the poisoning caused by etílico alcohol (borrachera). Also laxative of cathartic effect (irritating), reason why formerly it was used to cause violent diarreas (purges), that assumed curativas. At the present time it is continued using, but in veterinary medicine, to bleed the cattle. Sneezing since it is used in case of nasal congestión to cause the elimination of the mucosity, and to alleviate jaqueca that often accompanies the rinitis. Also he is expectorante, diurético and abortion, although little it is used like so due to his toxicity.

Use: in infusion that prepares with the fresh leaves or the root in 10 proportion from 5 to grs. by cup. Not to take more than 2 cups per day. For external use, dust of dry leaves or root: It is sufficient with pulgarada (what it fits between thumb and index).

Precautions: to high doses it produces acute gastroenteritis, with intestinal risk of gastric hemorrhage or. The fresh plant is more irritating for the digestive apparatus that dries or in dust.

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