GREATER CENTAURA (centaurea centaurum)

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	GREATER CENTAURA
	*centaurea centaurum*

Name
GREATER CENTAURA

Scientific Name
centaurea centaurum

GREATER CENTAURA

Family: Composed.

Description herbaceous Plant provided with fusiform, heavy and white root. The stem is raised, graft, with alternating leaves pinnatífidas, monkey or bisawed, pecioladas, of green color. The flowers are tubulosas and they meet in great globosas small heads of color purple. The fruit is aquenio squashed, with vilano of brown color. He is not very abundant in meadows and I mount. It prefers deep grounds; it is collected in October.

Used parts: The roots.

Composed chemical Centaurina, fitosterina, inulina, it draws resin from, tannin, bitter substance.

Properties: Tonic, colagoga, béquica.

Way of use: Infusion, syrup, enolito, tincture.

Note: The greater centáurea is used in the preparation of bitter homemade licores and in external use, decocción, like astringent in the dermatosis or on the wounds, in which it develops a repairing action. The distillation of the leaves provides water distilled useful in the ocular inflammations if it is used in form of bath of eyes. In some regions, the buds to tier to us are consumed in the salads in order to obtain a tonic and digestive action. The concentrated decocción is used like colutorio in aftas buccal.

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