Bogus mint
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Dried flowers of the bogus mint |
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The noise mint ( Lagochilus inebrians ), also known as intoxicating hare lip herb or Turkestanminze , is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae (Lamiaceae).
description
The Rauschmint is a shrub that reaches heights of up to 1 meter. The flowers are hermaphroditic.
Occurrence
This type of plant is native to the steppes of Turkestan , Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan . It thrives best on sandy to loamy, alkaline soils in full sun, dry to moist locations.
use
The herb that is harvested and dried or roasted in autumn is brewed as a tea, which is sweetened with honey or sugar due to its bitter taste. It is traditionally consumed by Turkmen , Uzbeks , Tatars and Tajiks . It causes a mild euphoria, but also serves as a sedative. In Russian folk medicine, allergies , blood clots and skin diseases are also treated with this plant. The plant contains the diterpene lagochilin . The content of the active ingredient can fluctuate, on average the dry matter contains 3% lagochilin.
Legal position
In Germany, Rauschmint is not subject to the BtMG .
swell
- Christian Rätsch: Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Botany, Ethnopharmacology and Application , AT Verlag, Aarau / Switzerland, 2004, ISBN 3-85502-570-3
- Entry in the Plants for a Future Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Lagochilus inebrians. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved September 10, 2019.
