- 개쑥갓, Ragwort
. 학명; Senecio aureus / vulgaris / jacoboea
. 개요; 북미원산의 다년생 식물
. 효능; 발한제, 이뇨제, 월경촉진제
. 사용법;
1 학명과 약용부위
- 학명; Senecio aureus / vulgaris / jacoboea
- 약용부위
. The plant
. 플랜트
2 통명
- 영어; Cocash weed, coughweed, golden ragwort, grundy swallow, life root, squaw weed / Common groundsel / European ragwort
- 한글; 개쑥갓
3 개요
- 북미원산의 다년생 식물
. 습지에서 자생
- 줄기; 갈색 줄무늬를 띄며 40센티내외로 성장
. 잎; 타원형으로 번갈아 형성
- 꽃; 6월경 황색으로 개화
Ragwort is a native perennial plant found in marshes, along stream-banks, and in other wet areas from Nowfoundland to Florida and westward to Wisconsin and Texax. The erect, grooved, brown-streaked stem grows from 1 to 2 feet high and bears alternate, oblong or lanceolate, pinnatifid or lyrate leaves. There are also coarsely toothed basal leaves which are cordate-ovate or reniform, long-petioled and sometimes purplish undernearth. Flower heads with golden-yellow rays and brownish disks grow in terminal corymbs from May to July.
4 효능
- 발한제, 이뇨제, 월경촉진제
. 냉이나 월경불순 개선
- 북미원주민; 출산이나 낙태유도에 활용
. 결석 등에도 사용
- 주의; 가축에 유독한 알칼로이드 포함
Diaphoretic, diuretic, emmenagogue. Ragwort has been used primarily in connection with female complaints, such as leucorrhea or suppressed menstruation. American Indians used it to speed childbirth and also to induce abortion. It has also been recommended for gravel and other problems of the urinary tract. CAUTION; Ragwort contains toxic alkaloids which are known to be poisonous to livestock.