Your Medicinal Plants

Mulberry

Familia de Moraceae

The tree which grows berries called Mulberry. Its scientific name is Morus nigra and belongs to the Moraceae family.
The Mulberry has large oval leaves, rounded at the base, toothed edges and hairs on nerves in the back.
The fruits of Mulberry (berries) grow grouped to form the default. These are black or reddish purple, with a particularly bittersweet.
The fruit is very juicy and flavorful.
It is believed that morality originated in ancient Persia.
Morus nigra is a tree widely cultivated in all regions.
Mainly interested in harvesting the fruit, but also can take the leaves and root of this herb.
When the berries are ripe, have large amounts of sugars, mostly glucose and fructose. They also contain albuminoids, gums, organic acids, pectosa, and coloring matter.
The fruits of this medicinal plant are mild laxatives.
The Mulberry is a good anti-inflammatory; this effect is due primarily to the cortex. It is widely used in the mouth and throat inflammations.
The leaves of this herb have astringent properties and anti-diabetic and used in pharyngitis, stomatitis and hyper glycemia.

Recipes for this herb:

Fruits: Berries are eaten directly from the tree. Do not overuse of the berries as they can get diarrhea and cramps.

Juice: You can also make Mulberry juice.

Infusion is prepared from the leaves of the mulberry.
It takes a handful of fresh leaves of Morus nigra and placed in a quart of boiling water.
They drink 3 cups a day before meals.

This same infusion, a little more concentrated, can be used to make washing and gargling.

Extract: This extract is prepared from the leaves of this herb. They take 30 to 50 drops before meals.

Mulberry syrup, gives very good results in gargles, and sore mouth and throat.

Raspberry

Familia de Rosaceae

The Raspberry is a kind of medicinal plant belonging to the family Rosaceae, its botanical name is Rubus idaeus. The Raspberry is a shrub about 2 m. tall, erect and branched stems, with small spines. The Raspberry is reminiscent of other related plant: blackberry, but with characteristics that make them easily distinguishable, and the presence of Raspberry bush with thorns on the stem but with a much smaller size and strength than the blackberry. It is a kind of medicinal plant blan1quesina bark and branches are flexible at the tips. The leaves of these medicinal plants have jagged edges. The roots of these shrubs are tracked. The flowers of this shrub are arranged at the apex of the branches are five petals and white, we can see during the months of May and June, the flowers, after fertilization and subsequent maturation, provide a reddish fruit, which releases the aroma and flavor. The fruits of these medicinal plants are known as raspberries, small fruit-shaped, globular, fragrant, and bright red. From the medical point of view, the raspberry leaves used as a diuretic, as it contains organic acids, etc. Raspberry Rubus idaeus corrects the problems of constipation, as act as a laxative used internally. Externally acts as an astringent and anti-inflammatory, as it contains up to ten per cent of tannin in the leaves. The fruits (raspberries) are rich in vitamins, malic acid, oxalic, tartaric, essences and sugar, so it is used in the manufacture of flavors and the preparation of soft drinks and food supplements. They also have diuretic properties. They can be eaten fresh or sweet jams. If you like, you can prepare a syrup to consume immediately. Prepare 250 gr sifting. of crushed raspberries. The pulp obtained after it is mixed with sugar and drunk directly, you can cut with a little fresh water as well.

Recipes for this herb:

Juice: The liquid obtained is used as a gargle for treating sore throat, cold sores and eye wash in conjunctivitis cases.

Cooking: Place 40 grams of leaves are added to a liter of boiling water, letting it boil 10 minutes. Then remove from heat, and allow 12 minutes contact with water, still warm, and added two grams of salt.

Infusion: for use as a diuretic, kidney stones and cystitis. 3 gr. Raspberry leaf added to 250 milliliters of water, previously boiled, leaving it for twelve minutes away from light. You can drink 3 cups a day to use as a diuretic, kidney stones and cystitis.

Jimsonweed, Datura stramonium

Familia de Solanaceae

The Jimsonweed is a shrub or small tree that can grow to about 3.5 m. high, and comes from the Andes. Its trunk is wood and branches.
This plant belongs to the Solanaceae family and its scientific name is Datura stramonium.
The medicinal parts used are the leaves and flowers.
The Jimsonweed is grown as an ornamental plant in gardens and greenhouses.
But the use of this herb is not recommended for drinking, for their toxic effects that have hallucinogenic properties. The Jimsonweed has been used in the Old and New World since ancient times for medicinal, ceremonial and religious. South American Indians used them in religious ceremonies and as drugs. During the Middle Ages many preparations used for witchcraft containing extracts of these medicinal plants.
But instead another pharmacological action of the Jimsonweed is using the dried leaves or flowers, and inhaling the smoke burned is antiasthmatic, or while smoking a cigarette.
The leaves of this evergreen tree are medicinal oblong, smooth edge.
The importance of its showy flowers, very large and tubular forms, which have solitary and pendulous, are very fragrant at night, and white. They bloom all year round.
The Jimsonweed is used as a medicinal plant in external use, such as anti-rheumatic, anti-inflammatory, emollient, and is also used to make oils and ointments.

Recipes for this medicinal plant:

Jimsonweed oil or ointment, for rheumatism and friction in the joint. Emollient for pimples, boils, etc.
Preparation: Place 500 d.c. olive oil, 150 gr. fresh leaves and crushed in a bowl. Then the mixture is heated in a water bath for 3 to 4 hours.
Then strain and remove excess water (if available).
Instead you can use oil or creed fat unsalted butter, to create an ointment.

Fresh flowers of this herb, crushed in a mortar with fat, used to prepare a kind of soft paste, which has the same properties as oil or ointment.