On saponaria officinalis, after reading on baked peppers on Sunday, it's worth a post .. This is the
saponaria officinalis
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9. Saponin
"It 's a complex organic substance, sour, bitter, soluble in water which makes it foamy. There is a large number of indigenous plants: the spotted arum, Pellitory of the wall, ivy, horse chestnuts' India, silene, the root of soap, etc..
saponin emulsifies fats and resinous bodies, therefore the properties 'detergent soap, but it does not contain alkali, and' more 'used to wash delicate fabrics. And' excellent as washing your hair (shampoo). In horticulture and 'useful for the preparation emulsions of insecticides and fungicides, which facilitates penetration. "
[Source: Bibl Op 1 January]
9.2 Saponaria
" is used, making a cold infusion, or rather hot.
The decoction of soap is prepared in this way: It is cooked for a long time in the bark 10 times its weight of boiling water, adding the evaporated water from hand to hand. It separates the liquid from these pieces of bark and boil it again in another little water to extract all or most of saponin, then mix the two decoctions so obtained, after being praised. You can 'use this liquid as it is or with the addition of soap or various solvents and acids, as will' set in individual cases.
After use of soap is a yellowish tint on the fabric, which you can 'make disappear by washing with water acidulated with a few drops of acetic or citric acid or lemon juice. "
[Source: Bibl Op 1 January ]
"The presence of saponins, flowers, leaves and rhizome, causes them to give rise to a foam cleanser really effective so much so that in some regions, still using a decoction for washing lace Saponaria officinalis , embroidery, silk fabrics and yarns.
To realize this property, a simple experiment is to collect a peak blooming with soap and rubbing his hands making the act of washing. Ben soon you will see a thin layer of foam and finally, the skin will appear cleansed, soft and white.
The use of this plant used for fine crafts that often deserve the status of art and are valuable as ancient forms of traditional activity, so ancient that five centuries before Christ was already talking about the soap for scouring wool that nomadic peoples of Asia employed to weave their famous rugs, after having the same color as flowers, leaves or berries.
(...) Today it is acknowledged that the plant we are dealing with a virtue in cosmetics, because, by being boiled in water for about fifteen minutes, provides a perfect foamy decoction for washing his hair thin and fragile, or those children. "
[Source: http://www.popso.it/libro_fiori_erbe/fiori/sapone.html]
'PROPERTY':
BEAUTY: A decoction of soap, after being was filtered, can be used as a strengthening shampoo for fragile hair and brittle or sensitive skin to clean: do not worry if you do not produce much foam, not the amount of foam that has to judge the goodness of a detergent.
HEALTH: The decoction of soap is rinsed from the skin affected by acne or psoriasis.
CURIOSITY ':
This herb was cultivated since the Middle Ages for its high content of saponin, a substance found in stems, especially in leaves and roots, through which just exercising his gentle but deep cleansing power. A decoction of soap, made by boiling the plant in different parts of the rain water is very suitable to restore the splendor of ancient fabrics whose colors have been dimmed by dust and time. "
[Source: http://www.thais .it/botanica/aromatiche/schedeit/sc_0033.htm]
Its rhizome collected in autumn after flowering was used to wash the wool. The soap was also used to manufacture rudimentary toothpaste. [Source: www.erbe.it / Erbes . htm]
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