- 밀크워트, Milkwort
. 학명; Polygala amara / vulgaris
. 개요; 유럽원산의 다년생 식물
. 효능; 쓴맛, 발한제, 거담제, 최유제
. 사용법; 우리거나 다려서, 파우더로
1 학명과 약용부위
- 학명; Polygala amara / vulgaris
- 약용부위
. The plant / rootstock.
. 플랜트 / 뿌리
2 통명
- 영어; Bitter milkwort, dwarf milkwort, European bitter polygala, European Senega snakeroot, evergreen snake root, flowering wintergreen, fringed polygala, little pollom /
European seneka, European milkwort, gang flower, Rogation flower, senega snakeroot.
- 한글; 밀크워트
3 개요
- 유럽원산의 다년생 식물
. 습한 초원의 햇볕이 잘드는 지역에 자생
- 줄기; 10센티내외로 단순하게 성장
. 잎; 도란형 기부와 어긋나는 장타원형
- 꽃; 청색, 장미색, 백색의 말단 총상형으로 5월경 개화
Bitter / European milkwort is a European perennial plant that grows in the dry parts of wet meadows and in sunny, rocky places, preferring limestone soils / in grassy areas such as parks, pastures, and forest meadows. The usually simple stem, only 4 to 6 inches high, rises from a rosette of obovate basal leaves and itself bears alternate, oblong-ovate leaves. Terminal racemes of blue, sometimes rose-colored or white, flowers appear from April to June.
4 효능
- 쓴맛, 발한제, 거담제, 최유제
. 기침, 만성 기관지염과 폐렴에 사용
- 식욕개선과 최유효과
- 뿌리장복; 만성설사 완화
- 유럽밀크워트; 효력이 작다
. 뿌리파우더; 흉막염, 수종다림으로 이용
Bitter, diaphoretic, expectorant, galactagogue. Bitter milkwort is commonly used for coughs, chronic bronchitis, and other chronic lung problems. The bitter constitutents also are useful to arouse a sluggish appetite. Extended use of the rootstock is said to be useful in relieving chronic diarrhea. Nursing mothers whose baby's appetite exceeds the supply of milk availalble may find bitter milkwort helpful for increasing the milk flow. European milkwort is not as potent as bitter milkwort. The podered root has been used for pleurisy and a decoction for dropsy.
5 사용법
- 건조한 지역일 수록 효과 강력
- 우리기; 1컵의 끓는 물에 1티스푼
. 하루 1컵 음용
- 파우더; 1/4-1/2 티스푼 복용
- 다리기; 3/4컵의 물에 4스푼을 오래 다려 3시간마다 1스푼
. 유럽 밀크워트; 1리터의 물에 1소주컵을 3/4로 졸여 3티스푼 매시간 음용
Plant growing in dry areas are most efficacious.
Bitter milkwort
. Infusion; Use 1 tsp. of the plant with 1 cup boiling water. Take 1 cup a day.
. Powder; Take 1/4 to 1/2 tsp. at a time.
Decoction;
. For bitter milkwort; Use 4 tbsp. leaves with 3/4 cup water. Boil for an extended time. Take 1 tbsp. every 3 hours.
. For european milkwort; Use 1 oz. rootstock with 1 pint water; boil down to 3/4 pint. For dropsy, take 3 tsp. every hour.