- 왜떡쑥, Everlasting
. 학명; Gnaphalium polycephalum / Gnaphalium uliginosum / Anaphalis margaritacea
. 개요; 미국동부 / 미국북부 / 캐나다 원산의 일년생 식물
. 효능; 수렴제, 발한제, 해열제, 거담제, 구충제
. 사용법; 우리거나 팅크, 찜질, 주스
1 학명과 약용부위
- 학명; Gnaphalium polycephalum / Gnaphalium uliginosum / Anaphalis margaritacea
- 약용부위
. The herb.
. 허브
2 통명
- 영어; Life everlasting, chafe weed, common everalsting, field balsam, Indian posy, old field balsam, sweet balsam, sweet-scented life everlasting, white balsom /
Low cudweed, dysentery weed, everlasting, marsh cudweed, mouse ear, wartwort / Pearly everlasting, cottonweed, cudweed, Indian posy, ladies' tobacco, large-flowered everlasting
- 한글; 왜떡쑥
3 개요
- 미국동부 / 미국북부 / 캐나다 원산의 일년생 식물
. 전세계에서 자생
- 줄기; 백색털이 나며 60센티내외로 성장
. 잎; 고착형 피침형으로 상부는 진녹색 하부는 백색
- 꽃; 8월경 황색으로 개화
Life everlasting / Low cudweed / Pearly everlasting is a fragrant, herbaceous annual plant found in dry fields, open pine woods, and clearings in the Atlantic coastal states and west to Kansas and Texas / Northern U.S. / Canada. The erect, branched, white-woolly stem grows 1 to 3 feet high and bears alternate, sessile, lanceolate leaves that have wavy margins and are dark green above and white-woolly beneath. Yellow flower heads grow in several terminal panicled clusters from July into September.
4 효능
- 공통; 수렴제, 발한제
. 북부; 이뇨제
. 동부와 캐나다; 해열제, 거담제, 구충제
- 우림; 폐, 백혈구와 출혈관련 장문제 개선
. 구충효과; 차겁게 음용
. 구강세척 가글; 목과 입의 염증에 효과
- 팅크; 좌골신경통, 요통, 관절염 치유
. 신선한주스; 성욕진정
- 찜질; 멍개선
- 마른 꽃; 홉과 같은 허브베개용도
Astringent, diaphoretic + febrifuge, pectoral, vermifuge / diuretic / febrifuge, expectorant, vermifuge. An infusion of life everlasting, taken as a tea, is useful for lung problems, leucorrhea, and intestinal problems, including hermorrhage. The cold infusion is said to help expel intestinal worms. A homeophthic tincture has been used for sciatica, lumbago, and some kinds of arthritis. The fresh juice is reputed to calm excessive sexual desire. Externally, life everlasting makes a good fomentation for bruises. The dries flowers are sometimes used like hops to make a calming herb pillow. The plant may also have some anodyne properties. As a mouthwash and gargle, the infusion is good for sores in the mouth and throat.
5 사용법
- 신선한 허브를 씹거나 잎을 환부에 도포가능
- 우리기
. 북부; 1리터의 끓는 물에 허브 1소주컵을 넣어 3-4스푼씩 음용
. 동부와 캐나다; 1컵의 끓는 물에 허브 1티스푼을 넣고 하루 1-2컵음용
The fresh herb can be chewed or the leaves applied for external problems.
Infusion;
For life everlasting or pearly everlasting, steep 1 tsp. leaves and flowers in 1 cup boiling-hot water. Take 1 to 2 cups a day.
For low cudweed, steep 1 oz. herb in 1 pint boiling-hot water. Take 3 to 4 tbsp. at a time.