World Wild Flora Contest #1 - Marul Lupului - Birthworth

Have you heard about World Wild Flora Contest?
This is a new project on Steemit. A hybrid project: both photographic and scientific.

The contest will be sponsored by @rbm and his friends.
For more information check it here.

As I have a large garden, besides the flowers and plants that I grow, a multitude of other plants grow out of nowhere....

Today I chose from my garden: Aristolochia clematitis L. - Birthwort - Marul Lupului, although it has an unpleasant smell.

Birthwort, is an herb with yellow flowers, that was once highly regarded in traditional Chinese medicine but is widely used in phytotherapy in Romania.

It is considered one of the most toxic plants. For this reason, the internal use of the plant is not recommended.
However, it is included in phytotherapeutic preparations for external use, with excellent effects, especially on the skin. This is due to the active compounds:

Aristolochin (an alkaloid),
Clematitină,
Tannins,
Essential oils,
Resins,
Alantoin, etc.

I often buy ointments with Birthwort for my father. He has problems with varicose veins and some time ago he had a thrombophlebitis. Besides the treatments recommended by a physician, he has successfully used these Birthwort-based ointments and he still use it.

It is used successfully in affections like: varicose ulcers, hemorrhoids, itching, shingles, psoriasis, etc.

You can find more details here (Romanian language),

and here for english language.

Scientific classification:

Regn: Plantae

Diviziune: Magnoliophyta

Clasă: Magnoliopsida

Subclasă: Magnoliidae

Ordin: Piperales

Familie: Aristolochiaceae

Gen: Aristolochia

Specie: A. clematitis

Nume binomial: Aristolochia clematitis L.

Camera: SM-G920F

Exposure time: 1/350 sec. and 1/100 sec.

Focal lenght: 4mm

ISO - 100 and 80

Hope you will join the contest!

All the best,

didutza