It is a perennial herbaceous plant with a hollow, four-sided, reddish stem, 15-50 cm tall. It has oppositely arranged, linear, toothed, green leaves; five-petaled yellowish white or pink flowers emerging from the leaf axils between June and September, small ovoid fruits, and 6-8 mm long seeds.
It grows spontaneously in wet meadows, along streams or river banks.
It is a protected plant in France. It contains cucurbitacins in its composition.
Flowering branches are collected in July and dried in an oven at 60 degrees or in a shady, airy place.
It has diuretic, emetic and antidiarrheal effects. It is used against edema, ulcers and intestinal disorders.
It is from the family of fungi. Its other name is Tree heather, Broom tree, Pipe heather, Broom bush. It is a three-meter-tall, upright-trunked, evergreen, needle-like, perennial shrub. Young shoots are hairy and forked. Needle leaves, 3-7 mm long and 0.5-0.7 mm wide, are arranged in threes around the shoots. The lower surfaces of the leaves are deeply striated. Its fragrant, bell-shaped white flowers bloom in clusters between March and May. The fruits are a four-valved capsule. It is found abundantly in the scrublands on our coasts, especially in the Mediterranean Region.
Because its branches are used to make brooms, it is also known among the public as the Broom plant, like Erica vulgaris. But its brown-reddish wood is used to make pipes and pianos because it is resistant to burning. The silicon dioxide in the root of the plant provides resistance to burning.
The plant contains a glycoside called ericolin at the tips of its flowering branches. It has a urinary tract cleansing, stone and grit removal, diuretic and antidiarrheal effect.
For this, 50 grams of fresh or dried flowering branches are thrown into 1 liter (5 glasses) of boiling water and waited for 10-15 minutes, then filtered and drunk 2-3 glasses a day.
It grows spontaneously in wet meadows, along streams or river banks.
It is a protected plant in France. It contains cucurbitacins in its composition.
Flowering branches are collected in July and dried in an oven at 60 degrees or in a shady, airy place.
It has diuretic, emetic and antidiarrheal effects. It is used against edema, ulcers and intestinal disorders.
It is from the family of fungi. Its other name is Tree heather, Broom tree, Pipe heather, Broom bush. It is a three-meter-tall, upright-trunked, evergreen, needle-like, perennial shrub. Young shoots are hairy and forked. Needle leaves, 3-7 mm long and 0.5-0.7 mm wide, are arranged in threes around the shoots. The lower surfaces of the leaves are deeply striated. Its fragrant, bell-shaped white flowers bloom in clusters between March and May. The fruits are a four-valved capsule. It is found abundantly in the scrublands on our coasts, especially in the Mediterranean Region.
Because its branches are used to make brooms, it is also known among the public as the Broom plant, like Erica vulgaris. But its brown-reddish wood is used to make pipes and pianos because it is resistant to burning. The silicon dioxide in the root of the plant provides resistance to burning.
The plant contains a glycoside called ericolin at the tips of its flowering branches. It has a urinary tract cleansing, stone and grit removal, diuretic and antidiarrheal effect.
For this, 50 grams of fresh or dried flowering branches are thrown into 1 liter (5 glasses) of boiling water and waited for 10-15 minutes, then filtered and drunk 2-3 glasses a day.
