Familia de Labiatae
The scientific name of this medicinal plant is Marrubium vulgare L.
The Marrubium is a medicinal plant that belongs to the family Labiatae. You can find this medicinal plant by the name of Marrubium and Horehound. You can find this medicinal plant in the border roads, uncultivated fields and landfills.
The Marrubium is perennial, which reaches measure 45 cm. high.
The stems of this plant are erect and square.
The leaves of this medicinal plant are wrinkled, gray above and whitish underside. The Horehound`s flowers are small, clustered white, the calyx consists of 10 teeth.
The stand of this medicinal plant is its leaves and flowers.
The medicinal properties of this medicinal plant are: depurative, tonic, digestive, pectoral, expectorant, to wash, the hair loss, and confers interesting medicinal properties to the respiratory system in cases of bronchitis, tracheitis, asthma and cough rebel.
The composition of this medicinal plant is bitter principle: marrubina, alcohols diterpenes: marrubiol, marruberol, esclareol, peregrinol, vulgarol.Flavonoids: vitexina, luteololina, quercetin, epigenina and its derivatives. Essential oil (trace): bisabolol, canfeno, p-cymene, limonene, beta-pinene, Sabinene etc. Others: fenilcarboxílicos acids (caffeic and chlorogenic), tannin, choline, Sapone, potassium nitrate, beta-sitosterol, Ursola acid, alkaloids (hetonicina, furicina), mucilages, resins and ascorbic acid.
Recipes from this medicinal plant:
Cooking: We must use 10 gr. this medicinal plant in 500 ml of water, boiled and take 4 to 6 cups per day. Maintains and strengthens the hair and is used in diseases of the scalp. Recommended as vulnerary and can replace the nuances in the sores and wounds. It is also used as a laxative and sudorific.
Tisane: taken on an empty stomach, 3 to 4 glasses per day, strengthens the stomach, increases the secretion and stimulates the nervous system. It is used successfully in diseases of the liver and heart.
Infusion: 30 gr. leaves and flowers of this medicinal plant in 1 liter of water. Let it infuse for 10 minutes. It is advised as a tonic and colds.
Tags:
asthma,
bronchitis,
digestive,
expectorant
Familia de Labiatae
The scientific name is Rosmarinus officinalis L. This medicinal plant (Rosemary) is also known as Romero (in Spanish). This medicinal plant belongs to the family Labiatae.
Is a medicinal plant that grows in all soil types but prefers the arid, dry and somewhat sandy and permeable, very adaptable to poor soils. It grows in coastal areas and low mountains (hills and slopes).
Rosemary is a woody shrub of highly branched evergreen, can reach up to 2 m. high.
Is a medicinal plant that is green all year.
The leaves of this medicinal plant are small and very abundant, they form linear. Are opposite, sessile, entire, with the edges down and a dark green, while on the underside have a whitish color and are covered with hairs. In the area of attachment of the leaf with the stem of the rosemary bunches born floriferous.
The flowers of this medicinal plant is about 5 mm long. They bilabiada corolla in one piece. The color is pale blue violet, pink or white, green or slightly reddish calyx, and also bilabiado bell. The flowers of rosemary are axillary, very aromatic, is located on top of the branches, with two soldiers bent stamens to the corolla and with a small tooth.
The fruit of Rosmarinus officinalis L., is brownish in color and is trapped at the bottom of the cup formed by four small nuececitas trasovadas.
This medicinal plant is composed of: essential oil, flavonoids, phenolic acids (caffeic, chlorogenic, labiático, choline, taraxasterol, lupeol, stigmasterol, campesterol, tannins, acids triterpenic, among others.
The species of bee, Apis mellifera feeding on the flower of the rosemary and continue to contribute to the dispersal of pollen.
The rosemary is used for medicinal purposes especially the leaves and sometimes flowers. It is a plant rich in active ingredients: essential oil is extracted from the leaves of rosemary alcohol is prepared, which is used to prevent ulcers. Also used to treat rheumatic pain. Friction is used as a stimulant to the scalp.
The infusion of rosemary leaves relieves cough and is good for the liver and intestinal spasms tackle. Must be taken before or after meals. Smoke rosemary served as a treatment for asthma.
Because of its antiseptic properties this plant for medicinal decoction can be applied on sores and wounds as healing.
Recipes from this medicinal plant:
Mash: mash that Rosemary is applied to the scalp to stop doing the massage mild hair loss and stimulate growth.
Should be placed in 500 ml of alcohol (50 vol.), A handful of Rosemary and the same amount of thyme.
Let macerate a week in the refrigerator in a sealed glass jar. A week of school this mash Rosemary and Thyme and the resulting liquid (keep in refrigerator in closed glass bottle) is applied on the scalp for a week once a day, then day by up to notice results, and after this once a week, stop the treatment when the hair is completed.
Infusion: In immersion baths mixed infusion of 50 gr. This medicinal plant (alternates with Thyme) per liter of water. This treatment is indicated for rheumatic problems.
Tags:
cough,
intestinal spasms,
scalp,
ulcers 
