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Asteraceae Medicinal Plant Family
Familia de Asteraceae
Butterbur is a perennial plant. It is native to Europe and Asia. It grows close to forests and along rivers, streams and other water bodies and wetlands required to develop. This medicinal plant reaches a height of 20 to 50 cm, has a thick rhizome, flowers are soft pink. Its scientific name is Petasites officinalis and belongs to the family Asteraceae. Butterbur has medicinal qualities effective as an antispasmodic, analgesic, gastric protective, hypotensive, and diuretic. The active ingredients in butterbur are at the root. This plant has medicinal properties to treat conditions such as pain in the sinuses, frontal sinusitis, nasal congestion, renal colic, biliary colic, back pain, menstrual pain, spasms of stomach and bowel irritation, urethral, orchitis, peptic ulcer, inflammation of the spermatic cord. It is also used for problems from migraines, asthma and bronchial disorders such as bronchitis, emphysema, cough, hoarseness, flu, bone problems such as dislocations or dislocation, hypertension, gout, nervous disorders such as anxiety, nervousness, anxiety and insomnia. This medicinal plant should always be used to control doctors to prescribe the right dose. Since an overdose or prolonged use can cause contraindications such as severe problems in the liver and gastrointestinal mucosa, loss of appetite, abdominal pain. Pregnant women, children and people with chronic conditions such as low blood pressure should not self-medicate. Natural medicine is effective but you have to use it can have negative effects on health.
Recipes from this medicinal plant:
External use: Can be used in dressings for external use, tincture that can be bought in pharmacies can take 30 drops three times daily.
Infusion: You can also make a tea with ¼ pint of boiling water and 2 teaspoons of the herb is then allowed to stand for several minutes, filtered and it’s ready to drink. It may take 1 or 2 cups a day.
Tags:
analge,
asthma,
diuretic
Familia de Asteraceae
This herb grows in shrublands, and height above the sea level to 3000 m. It can grow to 50 cm. high. The scientific name is Solidago virga-aurea and belongs to the Asteraceae family. Golden Rod can also be called with the common name: Solidago
The leaves of this plant are oval and alternative arrangements. The flowers are very fragrant and yellow. The flowers are tubular interior while the exterior has ligule. This plant has lots of tannins act as astringents and anti-inflammatory when applied to skin ulcers, eczema and wounds. Furthermore, the flavonoids that give Golden Rod have a glass protective action, used in people with varicose veins, hemorrhoids and capillary fragility. It also contains saponins, providing a diuretic, used in cases of nephritis, cystitis, and edema. The leaves of this herb have a sedative and hypotensive effect, are used in cases of anxiety and hypertension.
Recipes from this medicinal plant:
Decoction: Add 35 gr. Flowers of this herb to a liter of water, letting it boil for 2 minutes, then let stand another 10 minutes. Then filtered and the resulting liquid can be drunk throughout the day for diuretics.
Infusion of the leaves: Add 2 gr. leaf goldenrod to eight ounces of water and boiled and left in contact for 10 minutes. You get a liquid you can drink 30 minutes before bedtime to decrease anxiety.
Tags:
anxiety,
hemorrhoids,
sedative
Familia de Asteraceae
The scientific name is Hieracium Pilosela. This medicinal plant belongs to the Asteraceae plant family.
It is an herb native to Europe.
Hawkweed herb was born in the spring.
The leaves are long, pale green on the upper surface and whitish on the underside.
The flowers of this herb are 1.8 to 2.2 cm in diameter, yellow with red stripes on the outer surface.
The shoots of this herb is used medicinally in recipes.
With regard to its composition: it has phenolic acids (caffeic, chlorogenic), which serve as diuretics.
This herb is used in cases of edema or fluid retention, kidney stones, cystitis, and hyperuricemia.
Furthermore, the hawkweed contains flavonoids in the air.
It also has phenolic pigments and coumarins, which give lipid-lowering properties and is used in cases of hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis.
On the other hand have been detected in the Hieracium Pilosela: bitter principles, inulin, carotenoids, tannins, mucilage, protein and carbohydrates. Vermifuge properties conferred upon him, antibiotic and antipyretic.
Recipes for this herb:
Infusion: Place 6 gr. of the aerial parts of the hawkweed, 250 ml. water and boiled and still warm, leaving it for ten minutes. Then filtered and the liquid obtained can be taken twice daily. Diuretic effect.
Decoction: 12 g are added. of this herb to 400 ml. water and keep boiling for one minute. After that remove from the heat, leaving it in contact with the water still warm for 12 minutes. The liquid obtained can drink during the day.
Tags:
cystitis,
diuretic,
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