This plant owes its name to the form that has the fruit, which resembles a lion's tooth. In my childhood I always knew as lecherina "and the reason is because to cut the flower stalk release a milky liquid. It has a lot of properties in both internal and external use.
Scientific name: Taraxacum officinale Weber.
Rating:
Kingdom: Plants
Division Spermatophyta
Subdivision: Magnoliofitha
Class: Dicotyledoneae (Magnoliatae)
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Gender: Taraxacum
Otros nombres: Achicoria amarga, clavel del diablo, taraxacón, lecherina, lechuguillas.
Hábitat: terrenos baldíos, cunetas, huertas, prados, jardines.
Description:
perennial plant, annual and perennial to 40-45 cm in length. Basal rosette leaves divided into lobes triangular midrib lanceolate, margins toothed. Yellow flowers up to 6 cm, hermaphrodite. The flower stalks are hollow and cut loose a bitter milky juice. It blooms from spring to late summer. The fruit is an achene with pappus, shaped like a dandelion.
use and applications :
Its use is primarily cleanser (clean the blood of toxins) and diuretic (use in genitourinary infections.) Also as a laxative (its effect is manifested at 24 hours after taking). It has been used and used in salads and has a significant value and increased appetite tract (aperitif). They eat both leaves and flowers.
stimulates liver function and bile (increases bile production and disposal). In
topical is used to clean impurities from the skin, treat wounds and bruises heal, as a poultice
The dried root is used as a substitute for coffee and chicory.
both infusions is taken as decoctions.
Chemical composition:
In roots are:
- sesquiterpene lactones. Taraxinacetina Eudesmanólidos as glycosides, dihidrotaraxinacetina, taraxacólido, tetrahidroridentina; germacranolides.
- Triterpenes. Beta-amyrin, taraxol, taraxerol, taraxasterol.
- Steroids. Beta-sitosterol, stigmasterol.
- phenolic acids cinnamic acid derivatives. Chlorogenic acid, chicory, monocafeiltartárico.
- homogeneous polysaccharides. Inulin (2-40%).
- heterogeneous polysaccharides. Mucilage.
- Carotenoids. Lutein.
- Minerals. Potassium salt (4.5%).
- sesquiterpene lactones.
- Flavonoids. Glycosides of apigenin, luteolin.
- hydroxycoumarin. Cichorina, esculin.
- Minerals. Potassium salts.
- phenolic acids, cinnamic acid derivatives. Chlorogenic acid, chicory, monocafeiltartárico.
Precautions:
should not be used in case of biliary obstruction, pregnancy, lactation .
may be cases of hypersensitivity, ie skin allergies.
In some cases there has been hyperacidity and gastritis.
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