SIETENRAMA (tormentilla potentilla tormentilla)

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	SIETENRAMA
	*tormentilla potentilla tormentilla*

Name
SIETENRAMA

Scientific Name
tormentilla potentilla tormentilla

SIETENRAMA

Other Names:

Red Consuelda, Sietenrama

From the Average Age one comes using this plant to calm what then it was known like "torments" (cólicos intestinal). From it derives its name of tormentilla there. And by its intense effect, it is denominated in Latin Potentilla, of potentem (powerful).

Habitat: spread by plains and humid mountains of all Europe. Well-known in the American continent.

Description: it plants of the family of the Rosaceous ones, 10 to 40 cm of height, and endebles stems. Their leaves have 3 indented segments, and the flowers 4 petals, unlike others potentilla like the Argentinean and cincoenrama that has five.

Used parts: rizoma (underground stem) fresh.

Properties and indications: the main component of rizoma of tormentilla is the tannin, that it supposes until 15% of his weight. It contains in addition glucósido (tormentilina) and a bitter quinóvico acid. Its action is fu you antidiarreica astringent and. Also it has hemostáticas properties (it stops the hemorrhages). It is indicated in the following cases:

Diarreas infectious of all type: calm the cólicos pains due to is intestinal amazements, that often accompany the diarreas.

Hemorroides: in local application (seat baths) desinflama and obtains that they let bleed.

Estomatitis and faringitis: in mouthwashes and garglings.

Epistaxis (hemorrhage by the nose): applied in irrigation or soaking a gauze plug.

Use: decocción of 30 grs. of rizoma by liter of water; 3 or 4 daily cups interfere, until the diarrea is cut. In dust they are administered from 2 to 4 grs. daily in capsules.

Externally, baths are taken from seat, to which there is to add to the water of 1 to 2 liters of the resulting liquid of one more a concentrated decocción than the used one internally (60-100 grs. by liter). Mouthwashes and garglings with the concentrated decocción. Irrigation and nasal obstruction with this same liquid of the concentrated decocción.

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