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Effect:
Diuretic, slightly antispasmodic
Areas of application:
Urinary tract diseases, promotes the excretion of table salts, bladder and kidney inflammation, kidney grit
Plant parts used:
Leaves and stem tips
Collection time:
Before the flowering period
To find:
From India
Ingredients:
Tannins, flavones, saponins, potassium salts
Other:
The cat's whiskers grows between 40 and 80 centimeters high, has square stems and elongated leaves with a roughly serrated to toothed edge. On the bright grey-green underside of the leaves you can see the prominent glandular dotting. The blue to light purple lip flowers are arranged in whorls. The strikingly long stamens, which are reminiscent of the whiskers of cats, are characteristic.