Latin name: Pimpinella Major
Genus: Umbelliferous plants
Common names: Buckhorn, pepperwort, pimpernell, stone peter.
Plant description: The plant can reach a height of over 1 m. The stem is bare, hollow and furrowed. The flowers are often white to pink, arranged in umbels with 5-12 rays. Even the little Wiesenknopf (much smaller and dainty) is often incorrectly referred to as the Bibernelle.
Flowering time: July to August.
Origin: With us often on meadows, on sunny slopes and banks.
The root. The beaver hole has to be determined carefully because other poisonous umbellifers look very similar to it.
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Harvest in spring or autumn. The roots are cleaned, cut in half and strung on strings to dry, then dry in the oven after a week.
Essential oil, tannins, saponins, coumarins.
Upper respiratory catarrh, bronchitis, sore throat. Has a mild sputum-promoting effect, but is not strong enough on its own and is usually combined with other drugs.
Bibernelle tea: A heaped teaspoon of finely chopped drug is poured over ¼ l of cold water, slowly heated to the boil, boiled for one minute and then strained. To encourage expectoration, drink 1 cup sweetened with honey 3 times a day. This decoction is used unsweetened for gargling with sore throats.
Tea blend from:
Bibernellwurzel 20.0 g / chamomile flowers 20.0 g / bloodroot 20.0 g mixed and prepared as described above, can be used as a gargle.
Pimpinella alba is prepared from the fresh root and is used for nosebleeds, headaches, ringing in the ears, bronchitis and gastrointestinal disorders. Usually D1 to D6.
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