PETASITES (petasites albus)

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	PETASITES
	*petasites albus*

Name
PETASITES

Scientific Name
petasites albus

PETASITES

Family: Composed.

Description: Rizomatosa herbaceous plant, with the circular stem, place setting of foliares grudges. The leaves are reniformes, round, with the tomentosa, off-white inferior face, in fabric of spider, with unequal teeth. The radicals present/display a case amplexicaula. Ready yellowish flowers white in apical ear. The fruit is aquenio provided with vilano. This species is very frequent next to the rivers and humid zones, as much of the plain as of montanos first stage. It is collected in March.

Used parts: Rizoma.

Composed chemical: Tannin, bitter, inulina substance, hill, salts, fenol.

Indicated like: Emenagogo, vulneraria, sedative, hipnótica.

Way of use: Decocción, tinctures, flowed extract, dusts.

Of interest: The leaves of this plant used like hat the old romeros. The leaves, like those of tusilago, are specific against the cough when taking itself in infusion. The fleshy pecíolos can eat once cooked as a asparagus. Rizoma crushed and applied develops healing and detergent action, dice the tannin content and fenol, on supurantes sores and wounds. It is used widely in homeopática medicine.

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