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To pick up: The leaves and floral tops in summer. They will dry off to the shade and to keep them in a recipient of very closed glass.

Habitat: Garden plant, would originate of India. Characteristic: Annual grass of up to 1 m. Right and multiple shafts, rounded for under and square for up. Leaves ovadas or lanceoladas, opposed of up to 5 cm., largely pecioladas, with the darkest sheaf that the back, very aromatic. Flores contained in spikes of not very dense verticilos, formed by 6 flowers each one. Chalice pentalobular with the margin ciliado. Corolla of up to 1 cm, white or rosy, with the white stamens. Lip superior cuadrilobulado and inferior entirely. Active components: Essence formed by cineol, linanol, estragol and eugenol.

Properties medicinales:Favorece the digestion and it avoids the gastric spasms. (Infusion of some handful of fresh leaves - about 15 gr. - for liter of water. To take 3 cups a day after the foods.The essence of the plant whets the appetite (2 or 3 drops to the day dissolved in sugar) it Stimulates the production of Milk in the suckling women (Decoction of 30 gr. of dry leaves for liter of water. Two daily cups)

Other uses

Repellent of mosquitos: During a lot of time it has been used to repel the mosquitos, to those that it seems to be that it displeases them the penetrating scent that removes the presence in the plant of the estranol and eugenol. It seems to be that their massive use in their origin country - India - it favors the decrease of these insects inside the houses, although the plant is really used there to consider it sacred.

I season alimentary: Their use to season foods in form of dry crushed leaves and blended with other grasses this quite extended one. It can take fresh in the salads.

Tonic capillary: To strengthen the hair and to contribute to preserve it of the fall (to Carry out frictions with the resulting liquid of the infusion of dry leaves).