DRAGONCILLO (estragón artemisia dracunculus)

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	DRAGONCILLO
	*estragón artemisia dracunculus*

Name
DRAGONCILLO

Scientific Name
estragón artemisia dracunculus

DRAGONCILLO

Other Names:

Dragoncillo, Vinagrera Grass

She is one of the few that do not grow spontaneously in the Mediterranean countries, reason why was not well-known in the greco-roman antiquity. They were the Arabs who introduced it in Spain in century IX or X, from where his culture extended to the rest of Europe and America.

Estragón very is appreciated as condimento by the refined French kitchen, but their medicinal properties do of him something more than a condimento.

Habitat: original of central Asia, although it is cultivated, and sometimes he appears wild by all Europe and in some countries of the American continent.

Description: it plants vivaz aromatic, of the family of the Composed ones, who reaches from 60 to 80 cms. of height. The leaves are lanceoladas, and the flowers, of yellowish color, are grouped in spherical and small chapters.

Used parts: the floral leaves and chapters.

Properties and indications: all the plant contains a rich essential oil in estragol, felandreno and ocimeno, as well as in hidroxicumarina. It has aperitive, digestive and carminativas properties (it eliminates intestinal gases); antiseptic for the pathogenic germs of tracto digestive; vermifugal when doing to expel the intestinal parasites; and emenagogas since: it stimulates the menstruation. It is indicated in cases from lack of appetite, slow or heavy digestion, flatulencia, intestinal fermentation and intestinal parasites.

Use: like condimento in salads and all type of plates. In infusion of 30 grs. by liter of water, a cup before each food like appetizer, and after the food if its digestive action looks for. Essence: the recommendable dose is 3 to 5 drops, 3 times to the day.

Precautions: of the essence the indicated doses are not due to exceed, since it can produce a strong excitation of the nervous system.

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