Common noun: Globularia

Scientific noun: Globularia alypum L.

Family :Globularia family - globulariaceae.

Habitat: In dry and rocky places.

Characteristics: Perennial bushy plant of the globularia family - globulariaceae - up to 60 cm. Stems erect and ligneous. Leaves short-stalked, lanceolate ending in a spine. Bluish flowers, in heads till 2,5 cm in diameter. Very perceptible bracts, imbricate.

Properties:

a) medicinal:

Purgative: In cases of constipation this plant can be used as a soft laxative ( Decoction of 50 gr. of dry leaves per litre of water . 2 cups a day)

Antirheumatic and antidiabetic: In case of sugar, articular and muscular pains , and gout ( A cup in the morning of the decoction previously seen)

Antiacid: Against stomach acidity ( Infusion of 30 gr. of dry leaves per litre of water. A glass before meals.)

Picking-up and storing : Leaves should be collected at the end of Winter or early Spring. They should be dried and stored in a dry air tight container.

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