CALDERONES (trolllus europaeus)

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	CALDERONES
	*trolllus europaeus*

Name
CALDERONES

Scientific Name
trolllus europaeus

CALDERONES

Family: Ranunculáceas.

Description herbaceous Plant provided with fasciculada root and turgid stem, furrowed, of until half meter of height, glabro. The leaves are palmatopartidas, with lacinias incisas and teethed, of dark green color in the superior page. The flowers are great, of yellow color gold, forming a floral button with conniventes sépalos, five petals reduced to a numerous tongue-piece and estambres. The follicles take ovadas seeds. Typical plant of the mountain meadows, in humid places, throughout the water obstacles. It is collected in August.

Used parts: The root.

Active Principles: Anemonina, protoanemonina, essence, tannin.

Indications: Laxative, rubefaciente.

Its Uso: Decocción, cataplasm.

Of Interest: The plant, like all the Ranunculáceas, is poisonous, but when drying up it loses great part of its toxic principle. It must be used completely fresh if it is wanted to obtain a rubefaciente action on reumas and periartritis, by means of the application of cataplasms. A water distilled with smoother action is also prepared in order to use it with neuralgic aims to nti.

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