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Tansy
Der Rainfarn ist eine stark wuchernde, mehrjährige krautige Pflanze. Rainfarn hat dunkelgrüne, längliche gefiederte Blättchen, die stark duften. Die ganze Pflanze enthält stark riechende ätherische Öle (Kampfer, Borneol, Thujon) und Bitterstoffe. Der Rainfarn war früher ein bekanntes Wurmmittel und wurde zur Stärkung der Verdauung eingesetzt. Tansy is a flowering herbaceous plant with finely divided compound leaves and yellow, buttonlike flowers. It has a stout, somewhat reddish, erect stem, usually smooth, 50-150 cm tall, and branching near the top. The leaves are alternate, 10-15 cm long and are pinnately lobed, divided almost to the center into about seven pairs of segments or lobes which are again divided into smaller lobes having saw-toothed edges, thus giving the leaf a somewhat fernlike appearance. The roundish, flat-topped, buttonlike, yellow flower heads are produced in terminal clusters from mid to late summer. The ancient Greeks may have been the first to cultivate it as a medicinal herb. Tansy was formerly used as a flavoring for puddings and omelets, but is almost unknown now.

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