GREATER PIMPINELA (sanguisorba officinalis)

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	GREATER PIMPINELA
	*sanguisorba officinalis*

Name
GREATER PIMPINELA

Scientific Name
sanguisorba officinalis

GREATER PIMPINELA

Other Names:

Sanguisorba

Discovered and used from the Renaissance. Because floral his ramilletes has aspect of blood clots, it thought that this plant could be useful for the treatment of the hemorrhages. With this aim one has been used during several centuries, having itself been able to recently verify the guessed right thing of such intuition.

Habitat: humid prairies of Europe and North America. In Spain one is in his North half.

Description: it plants vivaz of the family of the Rosaceous ones, who reaches to a meter of height. They emphasize its small flowers of color purple, grouped in made oval inflorescencias. Its scent is dulzón, and its flavor, slightly bitter.

Used parts: the whole plant, including the root.

Properties and indications: all the plant is very rich in tannin. It also contains saponinas, flavonas and vitamin C. This explains its properties antiinflammatory astringents, antihemorrágicas and. By their action astringent, parched the superficial cells of the skin and mucous (tanned) and coagulate the small blood vessels.

Internally, its use is appropriate in acute and chronic diarreas, disenterías and gastritis (including hemorrágicas).

Externally, as much the decocción as the fresh juice of pimpinela greater is applied in compresas, to cure wounded and ulcers of the skin; in gárgaras in cases of estomatitis (inflammation of the mouth) and faringitis (throat irritation); in washings annals, against the hemorroides (desinflama and cuts the hemorrhage); and in vaginal irrigations in case of leucorrea and vaginitis.

Use: decocción of 100 grs. by root in a liter of water, during 15 minutes, to which the aerial parts of the plant can be added; 3 or 4 daily cups are consumed.

For external use, the same decocción, but more concentrated. Also the fresh juice of the crushed plant can be used. As much the decocción as the juice is applied of some of the following forms: vaginal compresas, rinsings and garglings, and irrigations.

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