NEBEDA (nepeta cataria)

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	NEBEDA
	*nepeta cataria*

Name
NEBEDA

Scientific Name
nepeta cataria

NEBEDA

Labiadas Family.

Description: Perennial herbaceous plant, of until a meter of height, aromatic scent, with the raised stem place setting of hairs. Opposite leaves provided with length pecíolo, with the superior lamina of clear green color and the inferior tomentosa and of clearer tonality, acorazonada, teething in the margin. Flowers ready in the armpit of the leaves, ear, with two thin brácteas. The chalice is pentadentado, and the corola, tubular bilabiada: the superior lip is bilobed as well and the inferior one trilobulado. The fruit is formed by four elipsoidales aquenios of dark color. It grows with preference in the mountainous zones, next to the footpaths, next to the water obstacles. It is collected until end of spring.

Used parts: The flowery extremities.

Composed chemical: Methyl Carvacrol, pulegona, thymus, mentol, nepetol, tannin, acetate.

Properties: Antispasmodic, sedative, emenagogo, báquica, stomach.

Way of use: Infusion, syrup, flowed, enolito extract

Informacio'n of interest the plant has action similar to the valeriana and it is associated to her in diverse tranquilizing compositions. It is used fresh like perfuming of the salads. From this species an essence of versoso color is extracted, with action emenagoga. The enolito presents/displays tranquilizing action in the pertosis: The plant attracts the cats, probably because its scent remembers al' of - some feminine hormones. The chewed leaves act like odontálgico, and if they are smoked they stop hipo.

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