Common name of the plant species Scolymus hispanicus, the family compound.
It herbaceous, one-year and barbed plant, with upright shoot height 20-60 cm.
Leaves is smooth, Green, with white veining on top and fluffy in the lower.
The flowers the forming heads with red anthidia. It grows everywhere in Greece.
Therapeutic Properties
The ancient healers ( as Dioscorides k, d.), but the villagers, thought and consider kniko as medicine tonic, febrifuge, diaphoretic and diuretic tainioktono ( particularly in Epirus ).
Returning ( Lewis , Linnaeus , Giribert κ . s .) and new physical therapists recommend the use of the whole plant ( blossoming ) as infamous drug against the sluggishness of the digestive organs , anorexia , increases as the secretions of the stomach and bile.
It is also helpful when the general sluggishness of the body, particularly those accompanying intermittent fevers or those who follow the exanthimatika diseases , and against jaundice, The decoction of knikou used externally to limp , the canker sores and cancerous , where she plays the role of cleaner and toner.
End , used against cramp , and is also galaktagogo ( Increases milk flow).
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