Spiny restharrow - 250g
Product characteristics
Healing part: root
Contents: dried root
Country of origin: EU
Classification: Ononis spinosa
Weight: 250g
Preparation proposal:
Place one teaspoon of the root into 250 ml water, boil, let stand for 10 minutes
Description
SPINY RESTHARROW - dried root - 250g
Plant description A species of subshrub from the family fabaceae, occurring quite commonly in Europe and the temperate zone of Asia. In Poland, Blooms from June to September. It is a photophilous species. Its habitats are sunny slopes of valleys and ravines, roadside, dry meadows, escarpments and forest edges. It grows singly or a dozen to several dozen individuals. |
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Properties - in its composition it has an essential oil - spinosyn, flavonoids, tannins, organic acids (eg lemon), resins, phyto-glutinins, kumaranochroman derivatives, mineral salts - shows a rather strong diuretic effect, facilitates excretion of urea, chlorides and various harmful metabolic products from the body - preparations weakly stimulate the secretion of gastric juice, slightly inhibit minor bleeding from the capillaries of the gastrointestinal tract, - has a weak anti-inflammatory effect - has a beneficial effect in the treatment of hemorrhoids |