Medical cannalorma-Cochlearia officinalis
Description of medical spoon shape:
Cochlearia officinalis L. cochlearia officinalis cochlearia cochlearia cochlearia cochlearia cochlearia cochlearia (Old name: calanum) Cruciferae – Cruciferae 15-30 cm tall biennial plant. The whole plant is glabrous. Basal leaves are long-tongued, ferruginous, glossy, with intact or curved margins, often kidney-shaped. Stems sparsely leafy, leaves cordate, stalked or egg-shaped. Flowers white, pleasantly scented. Fruits are bearded; the bracts are simple, the peduncles protruding horizontally.
Occurrence:
On saline moist soils in central and northern Europe. In our country, on rocky slopes, along streams and springs, in the Tatra Al-Havasi landscape.
Part to be collected:
Above ground part of the flowering plant, which herba cochleariae it is marketed as.
Active ingredient:
Essential oil, vitamin C.
Collection and drying:
The above-ground part of the plant, which flowers between May and June, is collected and dried in a ventilated attic out of direct sunlight.
Processing and marketing:
Used less in general medicine, mainly in folk medicine and homeopathy spiritus ós syrupus cochleariae it is also an ingredient of several medicinal specialities. Source: Dr. Ferenc Darvas and Dr Gyula Magyary-Kossa,Domestic herbs, their production, marketing, effects and medicinal uses