Wild Crocus

What is called Wild Crocus relates to a silveste flower that is very similar to the one obtained with the bulb of variety crocus sativus , a lilac flower that has three briznes, these briznes once dried is the famous saffron that is You can use as a spice. In the "Wild Saffron", the flowers are similar in appearance and colors, but do not contain the spice.

Wild saffron, technically Colchicum autumnale (colchicum, katydid, narcissus autumn, quitameriendas, saffron bastard or wild saffron) is a species of plant with flower, bulbous, belonging to the family of colchicáceas.

It is an annual herbaceous plant with corm that reaches 10 to 30 cm in height. The leaves are lanceoladas of dark green color and measure 30 cm in length, end in tip and are enveloping in their base. It is a native flower of Europe

Properties of the floor

- Contains colchicine which is a Violent toxic cellular.

- It has been used to treat renal affections, dropsy and asthma.

- Used against arthritis chronic and gout because it increases the excretion of uric acid.

- An excess in its consumption produces diarrhea and vomiting.

- Because it is a poison, it should not be used without medical advice.

All parts of the plant have alkaloids. The colchicine content of the seeds is 0.3-0.8%. The flowers have 0.1%. Colchicine is an alkaloid formed, according to a complex biosynthetic process, from phenylamine and tyrosine. Characterized by its tricyclic binding to heptagonal cycles, this "tropolone" owes its neutrality to an amidic nitrogen, it also contains other tropolones and colchicoside.

Symptoms depend on the dose: 

Ingestion of less than 0.5mg / kg causes digestive disorders such as vomiting, profuse diarrhea, abdominal pain, with favorable evolution in 4-5 days.

0.5 to 0.8 mg / kg, short-lived spinal aplasia that overcomes digestive disorders.

The risk It is infectious (leukopenia) and hemorrhagic (thrombocytopenia) Frequent hyponatremia, oliguria and natroureasia elevated, which show a syndrome of inappropriate ADH secretion At the end of the aplasia phase appears complete, reversible alopecia.The appearance of polyneuritis is noted. / p>

More than 0.8 mg / kg, a heart failure can be seen in less than 72 hours.

It is a warning sign the constant diarrhea a) Elimination of colchicine by fecal route is important.