DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
The sea onion is a hardy herbaceous plant found throughout the Mediterranean. The bulb is 20 cm in diameter and can weigh up to 2.5 - 3 kg. The 50 to 1.50 m tall flower stem bears up to 100 star-shaped, white flowers, flowering from August to October. The fruit consists of a three-part capsule with shiny black seeds, ripening from September to November. Cave: all parts of the plant are poisonous - used as rat poison, among other things.
Nevertheless, the sea onion is a medicinal plant that has been used since ancient times: diuretic effect, also menstruation-promoting and heart-active.
The dried, medium-sized, fleshy scales of the sea onion - Scillae bulbus- are used phytotherapeutically.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- https://arzneipflanzenlexikon.info/meerzwiebel.php
- Wenigmann M. (2017) Phytotherapy medicinal drugs, phytopharmaceuticals, application. Urban & Fischer, pp. 158-159
Montag A (2023) Plants and skin. Springer-Verlag GmbH. S. 701-702 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-63014-3_7
