Your Medicinal Plants

Sweet violet

Familia de Violaceae

The Sweet violet is a perennial herb native to Asia and Europe. Its scientific name is Viola odorata and belongs to the family Violaceae.The Sweet violet is a plant that has simple but beautiful flowers purple or white and an exquisite and delicate flavor. These flowers are very popular to decorate gardens, but also have healing qualities. The flowers and roots which have medicinal properties as an emollient, expectorant and laxative, antitussive, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, hypotensive, antipyretic, tonic and diuretic. It is used to treat conditions such as colds, flu, bronchitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis, tonsillitis, asthma, cough, fever and other respiratory diseases. In addition to digestive problems such as gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, dyspepsia, gastrointestinal spasms, earaches, rheumatism, cystitis, nephritis, arthritis, arthritis, fluid retention, hypertension can be treated constipation.

With these preparations can be made gargling and ointments to relieve pain in different body areas. It is very easy to grow in the garden this plant that contains many medicinal properties. The Sweet violet is not considered toxic but is risky if you consume too much. If you follow the dosage is not known contraindications, but in large doses can cause vomiting, circulatory and nerve problems, even death, by the excessive consumption of the root of this plant. It is recommended to consult a doctor before use as a home remedy to advise and regulate the dose so that no danger. No need to self-medicate with home remedies especially in the case of children, pregnant women and people with chronic health problems.

Recipes from this medicinal plant:

Sweet violet has internal and external use according to health problem wants to try.

Infusion: One way for this plant is to prepare an infusion. Place half a teaspoon of dried flowers per cup of boiling water, leave it a few minutes then strain it and can drink.

Decoction: A decoction can be made with 50 grams of the violet root per liter of water. You should drink several cups a day. It is also possible to prepare syrup with flowers of violets

Gokhru

Familia de Zigofilaceae

Gokhru is a plant belonging to the family Zigofilaceae. Its scientific name is Tribulus land.
It grows on roadsides, debris and in the wild.
Is a creeping plant, its branches can reach up to 1 m. long on the ground.
It has small yellow flowers.
This herb has abundant villi.
For medicinal purposes is collected thistle, after the fruit matured.
The fruits of this plant are rich in carbohydrate substances.
This plant can be toxic due to the saponins, its consumption should be controlled by a professional and is recommended to consume at very low doses.
Tribulus has long been used as a home remedy associated with diuretic, analgesic and spasmolytic.
Furthermore, in its external use is used as an astringent.
The fruits of this herb are used as tonic and astringent.
It is important to remember that this plant also contain active ingredients beneficial to health, also has toxic compounds. For this reason should not be used except in cases of prescription.

Recipes for this herb:

Infusion: to make this infusion we used the aerial parts of the plant. Place a teaspoon in a cup of boiling water. They drink 2 to 3 cups daily.

External use: Gokhru is used for washing, rubbing or compresses for sores, wounds and eczema.

Monkshood

Familia de Ranunculaceae

Monkshood inhabits mountainous areas of Europe. It can be found along streams and in forests with moist, dark places.
The scientific name is Aconitum napellus. Is a medicinal plant belonging to the plant family Ranunculaceae. The scientific name synonymous is Aconitum vulgare.
This herb may also be called by the following common names: common monkshood, aconite, Napel, Wolfsbane, Town of Jupiter, and many others.
Aconitum napellus is a medicinal plant known since ancient times used by the Greeks and Romans.
It is recommended that their use is controlled by a physician because too much can be toxic / poisonous.
It is a perennial herb with single stem and can exceed one meter high.
It has fleshy root, with elongated tubers to 15 cm long. The leaves of this herb are stalked, bright green. Aconite flowers are large and beautiful but extremely toxic, even lethal to, are blue or violet from 3 to 4 cm in diameter. Bloom in summer.
The fruit of this plant is a pod capsule containing numerous seeds.
Its chemical composition is: aconitine alkaloids, hypaconitine, mesaconitine, napelina, neopelina, organic acids, aconitic, citric, tartaric and choline.
Important collection of the plant root. It is used in pharmaceuticals to extract their active ingredients. It is considered one of the most poisonous plants on our planet. For this reason the collection must be done by people, not by amateurs.
The leaves of this plant, like roots, contain active ingredients, while not as good quality and smaller scale.
With the fresh tubers (3 or 4) be enough to kill an adult.
The compound is poisonous plant is the aconitine; present in the root, stem and leaves of this plant.
Therapeutic purposes has been used as an analgesic, and amending the nerve endings.
It is recommended that this plant is not used in homeopathy or natural medicine, rigorously controlled only take drugs that contain it in low concentrations.
The first symptoms of poisoning begin with a general state of excitement, numbness of the lips, tongue and throat. Then gastrointestinal distress may occur, low body temperature. Finally, it can paralyze the respiratory system causing death.

Recipes for this herb:

Notably, the Aconitum napellus to be a poisonous plant so are not advised for home use whatsoever. External or internal far.

Analgesic and sedative properties that contain this plant we can find in many other medicinal plants, which have no risk of being poisonous as Aconite.