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Bibernellen, also known as Pimpinella or Pimpinellen, is a genus of plants from the Apiaceae (umbelliferae) family. It comprises around 150 species and is found throughout Europe.

Bibernelles are perennial and herbaceous plants with a whitish rhizome and a hollow stem up to 80 cm high. The basal leaves are undivided or simply pinnate, the attached leaflets are toothed and sometimes deeply incised. The flowers of the Bibernellen are mostly white, red or yellow. The fruit is a round split fruit.

Flowering time, July to August, fruit ripening - August to September

The root is used phytotherapeutically, see Pimpinella radix

Traditional and folk medicine: diuretic, lithotropic, menstrual stimulant, analgesic, e.g. for intestinal colic, uterine pain, wound healing, skin cleansing, as an antitussive in bronchial therapeutics. External: gargling, rinsing for inflammation of the mucous membranes of the mouth and throat.

Sebastian Kneipp (1821-1897): Cleansing of the lungs, kidneys and bladder, especially for gout sufferers, bladder stones

Pimpinellamajor and Pimpinella saxifraga are the parent plants of Radix Pimpinellae, the official beavernell root monographed by Commission E .

Cave phototoxic effect, contact urticaria.

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