SMALLER CONSUELDA (runella (prunella) vugaris)

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	SMALLER CONSUELDA
	*runella (prunella) vugaris*

Name
SMALLER CONSUELDA

Scientific Name
runella (prunella) vugaris

SMALLER CONSUELDA

Family: Labiadas.

Description herbaceous Plant of rizoma crawling, provided with numerous radículas. The stems are pubescentes, fragile, give support to the leaves opposed, provided the inferior ones with pecíolos, superior, whole or the slightly dentated ones sésiles, lanceoladas. The flowers meet in ear with two basal leaves; numerous brácteas cover the chalice as a roofing tiles. The corola is bilabiada, of color purple or violet. The aquenios contain diverse seeds of brown color. They can reach the 25 cm. Is frequent to find it as spontaneous and also it is cultivated on calcáreos grounds. It is collected at the beginning of summer.

Used parts: All the plant.

Composed chemical: Bitter substance, resinous tannin, compounds.

Properties: Astringent, stomach.

Way of use: Infusion, tinctures, flowed extract, cataplasm.

Note: This plant is used frequently to compose you trim in the gardens, and very is used in popular medicine like colutorio and harming it on recent wounds and not very deep. It also finds application at domestic level, putting it in maceration in the called brandy grappa, which confers an pleasant bitter taste to him. It was also used like lavativa in the affections of hemorroides, with doubtful results, and also in the treatment of the cracks of the chests.

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