NOTE VARIE E STORICHE...Cino(kynos) glossa(glòssa), dal greco, significa "lingua di cane".
Nel XIX secolo, l’avvelenamento da questa pianta era chiamato "malattia del fegato a chiazze" per il tipico pattern necrotico epatico. Oggi è raro grazie al divieto d’uso
Curiosità: Fino al secolo diciottesimo veniva consigliato di fasciare la ferita con le foglie di questa pianta in caso di morso di un cane rabbioso; il succo delle foglie, bollito nel lardo, era usato per prevenire la calvizie.
In base al principio delle 'segnature' gli antichi affermavano che questa pianta era imparentata con il cane per la somiglianza delle sue foglie con la lingua del cane, somiglianza ripresa anche dal nome del genere.
Di conseguenza doveva essere ostile al topo. Il caso ha voluto che nel 1962 scienziati rumeni abbiano estratto dalla cinoglossa un potente topicida.
La cinoglossa ha anche utilizzi magici: infonde saggezza e felicità a chi la indossa. Viene usata anche per i rituali d'amore e per l'accrescimento finanziario
Ad essa è associato il pianeta Venere.
[di: Daniela Longo da: Forum Acta Plantarum] |
Ricerche di articoli scientifici su Cynoglossum officinale L.
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