Toxic
Effect:
circulatory stimulant, blood pressure increasing, diuretic, narcotic, cardiotonic, laxative, emetic, vasoconstrictor
Areas of application:
low blood pressure, cardiac arrhythmia, uterine bleeding, stimulates the blood vessels, uterus and intestines, urine, dropsy, goiter, conduction disorders in the heart, allergic skin diseases, circulatory regulation disorders, inhibits breathing
No longer used in this way today, see warning below!!!
Plant parts used:
Flowers, leaves, shoot tips
Collection time:
May to June
Shoot peaks in February and October
To find:
Often on sandy sunny hills, railway embankments and near pine forests.
Ingredients:
Alkaloids, sparteine, bitter substances, tannins, isoflavones, amines, essential oil, flavon glycosides
Other:
☕Tea: 1 teaspoon of flowers are poured with 1/4 liter of boiling water and left to steep for 10 minutes. Then strain. Up to 3 cups of tea per day are possible if you have low blood pressure and cardiac arrhythmias at the same time.
Broom is a shrub that is bare in winter or bare in summer (swallow bush) that reaches heights of 1 to 2 meters, and rarely a small tree shrub that can reach heights of up to 3 meters. It has long, broom-shaped, densely packed, five-edged, upright green branches. It also has a very strong taproot that bears palmately lobed nodules on the lateral roots. The alternate, three-part leaves have obovate to lanceolate leaflets and are silky and hairy. The leaf stalk is no more than 1 centimeter long, the leaflets are 1 to 2 centimeters long. On the upper long shoots, sessile and undivided leaves usually only develop post-floral until winter. The flowering period is from May to June. The flowers grow singly or in pairs on short shoots in the upper parts of the branches. These short shoots grow in long inflorescences at the end of the branches. The hermaphrodite flowers are up to 2.5 centimeters long, zygomorphic and five-petaled with a double perianth. The five petals are golden yellow. All ten stamens are fused to form a tube. Of the calyx lips, which dry quickly, the upper one is bidentate, the lower one tridentate. The flag is folded back, the wings are blunt. (Wikipedia)
🛑 Caution!! Do not use broom during pregnancy or breastfeeding, or if you have high blood pressure! Symptoms of poisoning include vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness and headaches. High doses initially lead to peripheral respiratory paralysis, then to bradycardia and asystolic cardiac arrest. The isolated sparteine (as sparteine sulfate) used in the past is no longer used as a medicine today because of its uncertain effectiveness and toxicity. There are no concerns about using the flowers with a very low sparteine content as an ornamental drug in tea mixtures. They may contain up to 1%. Any treatment with this plant should only be carried out under expert supervision.
The flower buds have the lowest alkaloid content of toxic sparteine, the seeds the highest.
They should not be stored for longer than 12 months as the medicinally effective ingredients will break down.
An essential oil from the flowers is used in perfume production.
Incense made from broom: Good incense can be made from the dried flowers. It relaxes the atmosphere, stimulates mentally, relieves stress and is particularly useful in the event of a panic attack.