GENERAL DATA
Plant Parts: Flowers and leaves
Cultivation Mode: Wild collection/ Cultivated
In Manufacturing: Pharmaceutical, tea, cosmetics, extract, oil
In Food: Pottages
PRODUCT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Persian Name: گل گندم- ترنشاه/ Gole Gandom- Taranshah
German Name (Deutschland, Austria, Switzerland): Kornblume, Kornblume getrocknet
French Name (France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec): Bleuet, Bleuet pétales
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About Centaurea Cyanus
Centaurea cyanus is a one-year plant whose height reaches seventy centimeters.
The stems of this plant are relatively thin and hairy and their cross section is circular.
The leaves of the Centaurea cyanus plant are narrow, elongated, pointed and slightly hairy and grow without petioles. The lower leaves of this plant are slightly longer and wider.
At the end of each flowering stem, grows a drop-shaped, small, green bulge. Each bulge consists of a many triangular-shaped and relatively elongated leaflets that are densely placed next to each other. On the side of each leaf there are several very small blades. At the tip of each spike are many very small purple flowers. Around these flowers, there are a number of larger, trumpet-shaped, blue, narrow and elongated flowers that grow in the form of the radii of a circle.
After fully ripening and drying, these bulges split open and turn pale brown. Many elongated, almost oval, grayish-white, sometimes brown seeds can be seen inside each bulge.
The corner of each seed has a well-defined notch.
Cornflower Temperament
Third degree of hot and dry.
Cornflower Chemical Constituents
Chichorigenin, Cyanidin, Cyanidol, Cyanoside, Centaurin.
The seeds of this plant are laxative.
In India, the flowers of this plant are used as emmenagogue.
Its flowers can be used to color some foods due to its red pigment.
Cornflower Dose
3 grams.
Cornflower Side Effects
It can cause nausea.
Cornflower Modifiers
Rhubarb and Pomegranate.
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