Latin name: Delphinium consolida Genus: Buttercup
Plant description
Annual plant, up to 50 cm tall, upright and branched stem, thin linear leaves. The flowers are a strong blue, more rarely reddish or white. Calyx flowers which form a wreath of petals towards the front. Occurrence: Europe, Asia Minor preferred on calcareous soils.
Medicinally used plant components
The flowers, collected in July and August and gently air dried. Only the flowers are used because the leaves, herb and root contain diterpenes, which are not harmless to health and are slightly toxic.
Ingredients
anthocyanin glycosides, flavonoids
Curative effects and application
Active ingredients from delphiniums are considered a gentle dehydrating agent and are often added to so-called blood purification teas. Also tea blends that are supposed to facilitate slimming cures often contain delphiniums. However, their healing effect is low and the greater benefit is in the application as a so-called jewelry drug. The flowers retain their blue color even after drying and so a tea blend can be made more attractive. This is especially important for a tea which is to be drunk over a longer period of time, because the eye is known to take or in this case drink with it.
Side effects
No side effects are to be feared as long as only the flowers are used.
