- 목향, Elecampane
. 학명; Inula helenium
. 개요; 북미원산의 다년생 식물
. 효능; 구충제, 담즙촉진제, 이뇨제, 거담제, 각성제, 강장제
. 사용법; 우리기나 추출, 오일이나 팅크
1 학명과 약용부위
- 학명; Inula helenium
- 약용부위
. Rootstock.
. 뿌리
2 통명
- 영어; Elfdock, elfwort, horse-elder, horseheal, scabwort.
- 한글; 목향
3 개요
- 북미원산의 다년생 식물
. 길가, 황무지, 들판에서 자생
- 줄기; 1.2미터내외로 둥글게 성장
. 잎; 어긋나는 난형으로 형성
- 꽃; 8월경에 황색으로 개화
. 열매; 갈색의 사각형
Elecampane is a perennial plant that is cultivated and also grows wild along roadsides and in fields and waste places eastward from Minnesota and North Carolina. The fibrous, top-shaped rootstock is brown outside and white inside. The stout, round stem is coarse and woolly, 3 to 6 feet high, and bears large, alternate, ovate, serrate, oliver-colored leaves with white veins, The large, yellow flower heads and solitary or grow in paniculate clusters from July to September. The fruit is a brown, quadrangular achene.
4 효능
- 구충제, 담즙촉진제, 이뇨제, 거담제, 각성제, 강장제
. 기침완화, 소화촉진, 위장안정에 주로 사용
- 기관지염, 요로/호흡기염, 월경개선효과
- 오일; 호흡기, 만성설사/기관지염, 백일해치유
- 다림; 구충용
- 외용; 가려움, 기미, 뾰루지세척이나 찜질
Anthelmintic, cholagogue, diuretic, expectorant, stimulant, tonic. Elecampane tea is much used to quiet coughing, to stimulate digestion and to tone the stomach; for bronchitis, urinary and respiratory tract inflammation, and menstrual problems. Elecampane oil is used for respiratory and intestinal catarrh, chronic diarrhea, chronic bronchitis, and whooping cough. The decoction or ticnture is used for worms, and externally as a wash or fomentation for sikn problems such as sacbies and itches.
5 사용법
- 2년차가을에 뿌리 채취
- 우리기; 1티스푼을 물1컵에
. 필요시 2티스푼가당하여 하루 1-2잔 음용
. 레드와인으로 우리는 것도 가능
- 추출; 20-40방울을 하루 3회이상
- 팅크; 1/2-1티스푼 음용
Gather the rootstock in the fall of the second year.
Infusion; Use 1 heaping tsp. rootstock with 1 cup water. Take 1 to 2 cups a day. If desired, sweeten with honey, 1 tsp. honey to 1/2 cup tea. A maceration in red wine is also used in place of the tea.
Fluid extract; Take 20 to 40 drops, three or more times a day.
Tincture; Take 1/2 to 1 tsp. at a time.