GRASS SAN CRISTOBAL (actaea spicata)

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	GRASS SAN CRISTOBAL
	*actaea spicata*

Name
GRASS SAN CRISTOBAL

Scientific Name
actaea spicata

GRASS SAN CRISTOBAL

(spicata Actaea)

Description:

The grass of San Cristóbal is a plant alive. He is quite great and it reaches with facility the meter of height. Its stock is heavy and dark; from her it leaves the stem, that it has very few very great leaves but. These are divided in three segments that are subdivided as well forming an unequal gore set. The edges are sawed and as much by the right as by I reserve lack hair.

Administration:

Its use is not recommendable like homemade remedy since it can be very toxic; if it is not into the hands of an expert, can become a mortal poison.

- Insecticide. Formerly it was mixed with pig butter and it was used to kill insects; also, in some occasions it was applied always externally - to cure the scabies. Also it was used like food for the cattle.

Flowering:

The flowers are in the end of the stem. Usually they are born in groups and is very rare to find them isolated; they are quite small and of white color; their fruits have elliptical form and contain many seeds. It is of quite dark, practically black color and with much brightness. The time of flowering begins in the month of May, that sometimes extends until June and even July, depending on the zone in which it is. The only part that is collected is rizoma.

Common Uses:

Insecticide Toxic Cardiotónico

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