Aigremoine eupatoire

The aigremoine eupatoire ( Agrimonia eupatoria ) is a perennial, rhizomateuse herbaceous plant of the family of the Rosacée S.

Description

It is a plant fluffy, not very large, with a basal rivet washer of sheets made up of 3-6 pairs of principal leaflets between which intercalate pairs of smaller leaflets. The flowers are yellow out of lengthened ears. The fruits, marked furrows, have hooks at their top and are detached easily, which facilitates their dissemination by the animals or the human beings.

Characteristics

reproductive bodies:

Standard of inflorescence: simple ear
Distribution of the sexes: Standard hermaphrodite
of pollination: entomogame, autogame
Period of flowering: June at September

Standard seed

of fruit: Akène
Mode of dissemination: épizoochore

Habitat and standard distribution

Habitat: basophilic hems médioeuropéens mesohydric, planitiaires-collinéens
Surface of distribution: eurasiatique

Plant common in all the Europe.

Other species of the kind

The kind Agrimonia includes/understands about fifteen species in the moderate northern hemisphere.

European Flore

Agrimonia eupatoria (several subspecies)
Agrimonia pilosa
Agrimonia will procera
Agrimonia repens

Pharmacopeia

Left used: All the plant except the chemical rhizome
Component: Tannin, phytostérine, eupatorine, vitamins K and P, gasoline
Property: Astringent, Vulnerary, cholagogue, antiaphonic.
Directions for use: infusion, oenoléen, syrup, dyeing

The dried whole plant, collected with flowering, can be used out of herb tea against the diarrhea and the digestive disorders associated with the diarrhea and would have also an action in the ignitions of the kidneys and the bladder.

It holds its name of its action in bath of eye against the slips, by calming the ignition. It is also used in bath of mouth always against the ignition of the mucous membranes, and on the wounds in veterinary care.

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