Dandelion – Herniaria glabra

Dandelion Description:

Herniaria glabra L. (Old or other familiar names: bald woodruff, little woodruff, smooth woodruff or woodruff, cartilage, laceration grass.) Carnations – Caryophyllaceae 5-25 cm tall, perennial plant. Stems drop to the ground. Leaves are circumcircular or narrowly oblong, rarely pillate on the blade. Flowers develop in axillary leaf axils (10 flowers) in clusters. Fruit a thin-skinned capsule.

Occurrence:

Occurs on sandy soils, in almost all parts of the country. In our country it grows in rocky, grassy places, along streams, in hilly and mountainous areas everywhere.

Part to be collected:

Leafy, flowering stems, which herba Herniariae it is traded as.

Active substances:

Herniarin, paronychin, saponin and tannic acid.

Harvesting and drying:

After collecting the above ground part of the plant, which flowers between the months of June and September, it is dried by spreading it out in 4-5 finger thick layers in an airy attic. It takes 4-6 days to dry.

Cultivation:

This non-selective soil plant is grown by sowing seeds in March or June. The plant requires 25-30 cm of space. It requires 1 to 2 kg of seed per acre of seed, yielding 6 to 8 q (qaspoon) dry weight.

Processing and marketing:

It is used only in medicine. It is used only for medicinal purposes. Source: Dr. Ferenc Darvas and Dr Gyula Magyary-Kossa,Domestic herbs, their production, marketing, effects and medicinal uses