Your Medicinal Plants

Dill, Anethum graveolens

Familia de Apiaceae

Dill is native to East, Persia and India. The scientific name of this herb is Anethum graveolens and belongs to the plant family Apiaceae.
This herb is an annual herb, known desire antiquity.
Dill living in rustic camps and steppe at low altitudes, up to 500-600 m., prefers sunny spots, and needs well-drained moist soil.
Anethum graveolens is an aromatic plant, measuring 30 cm. more than one meter in height. Its green stem, long, hollow, and has grooves along which give it a white and green hue.
The leaves of this herb are very thin and dark green.
The fruits are dark brown 5 mm.
Dill flowers are yellow. Its leaves and fruits are used in cooking as spices, and seeds, very similar to those of parsley, are used in the preparation of medicinal teas.
Among the common names of Anethum graveolens, we can find, Dill (as before he was appointed, drowns, dill, anella, anetaveron, dill, avezon domestic stinking fennel.
Anethum graveolens is used in the kitchen and is compatible with all other herbs are used fresh.

It is an herb widely used in Scandinavian cuisine: very important ingredient of marinated salmon. The fresh leaves of this plant are used in salads, fish dishes and sauces to accompany fish. Its seeds are used primarily to flavor pickles and vinegar can be added to cakes, breads, fish and rice dishes.
resh flowers and fruit of this plant are used to prepare pickles and dill to make vinegar.
Among the medicinal properties of this plant are that stimulates digestive secretions and is used against flatulence and dyspepsia. It is recommended in cases of spasmodic hiccups, uterine cramps, menstrual cramps, flatulence, gastrointestinal spasms, breast, burns, skin ulcerations, carminative, and provokes urine, and antiseptic.
This herb is composed of essential oils and essential oil that is rich in limonene, eugenol and anethole, among others, that such actions give carminative, so it is very convenient in cases of flatulence and heartburn caused by foods difficult to digest. Its content of coumarins, flavonoids and caffeic acid and chlorogenic give lactogogue properties, that is, it increases the formation of breast milk.

Recipes for this herb:

Infusion: to prepare an infusion of 20 r. Dill seeds per liter of water. It should take 3 cups per day, and is used as a digestive and carminative.

In external use the seeds of this herb have emollient and antiphlogistic. Bath is heated to a pint of olive oil with a tablespoon of seeds, keeps a low heat for 1 hour. Apply warm over boils, pimples, etc. Soothes the pain and helps rapid maturation.

Tincture: you can make excellent digestive Dill making a tincture with 200 cc alcohol of 60 º and 40 gr. seeds of this herb. It is advisable to dissolve one teaspoon in coffee or tea to be taken after meals.

Lavender, medicinal herb

Familia de Lamiaceae

Lavender is an herb that belongs to the family of Lamiaceae plants.
The scientific name of this herb is Lavandula officinalis.
Grow as weeds, leaves are simple. The flowers of this herb are in spikes, are small, bluish purple, with a rich aroma.
Besides being a therapeutic plant, is used as an ornamental shrub, roads and gardens.
For medicinal purposes the money should be collected at the beginning of flowering. Should be left hanging to dry (with flowering down) in a ventilated place to dry properly.
Among the medicinal properties of this herb are associated: soothing, insect repellent, antiseptic, refreshing, headache, helps you sleep better.

Recipes fron this medicinal plant:

Aromatherapy: Once dry, you can put the stems of lavender in cloth bags in the closet to scent the air and clothing.

Insecticide is made with 2 handfuls of lavender. Place in a bowl of flowers half and half distilled water and 90 º alcohol. Be prepared away insects, functioning as a natural repellent, non-toxic.

Bathrooms: is a great refreshing and antiseptic. Can be placed in the bath cloth bags with lavender flowers in it, gives off a pleasant aroma and is ideal for a hot bath after a tiring day.

False pepper

Familia de Anacardiaceae

The scientific name of this herb is Schinus molle L.
The family of this herb is Anacardiaceae.
The common names of this herb are: Anacahuita, Aguaribay, Molle, and False pepper.
The False pepper living in areas of broken hills, and is common in most of South America.
This medicinal plant is a tree resin that can reach 8 to 10 m. height, although in optimum conditions can be measured much more.
The trunk of Schinus molle L. bark is thick with persistent.
The foliage of this herb is persistent, your cup is wide, and this plant has branches hanging light green.
False pepper leaves are compound, pinnate, alternate, glabrous in the form of fern, are divided into many narrow leaflets and lanceolate smooth and bright green.
The flowers of this herb are yellowish, usually arranged in terminal panicles. This medicinal plant flowers in spring and summer.
The False pepper has shaped drupe fruits globose, reddish, meeting in panicles, with one seed in each fruit.
Part of the False pepper used for medicinal purposes are the leaves, resin, and bark. The fruits of this medicinal plant have a peppery taste, used as a condiment.
Some of the medicinal properties are anti-rheumatic, vulnerary and topical disinfectant, emmenagogue, anti-inflammatory, disinfectant, to treat pyorrhea against gonorrhea, antiseptic, sore throat.
The fruits of this herb contain: cyanidin-3-galactoside, cyanidin-3-rutinoside and peonidin-3-glucoside, in bark and leaves: linolenic acid, linoleic, lignoceric acid and stearic acid. In addition, there has been in the herb’s presence: alpha-amyrin, fisetina, gallic acid, glucose and fructose. Piperine, protocatechuic acid, quercetrina, isoquercitrina, rutin, beta-sitosterol, tannins, preisocalamenediol.
This medicinal plant has essential oil containing alpha-bergamonttrans-ene, bourboneno, alpha-and delta-cadinene, alpha-and gamma-calacoreno, calameneno, camphene, car-3-ene, carvacrol, vita-caryophyllene, gamma-copaene, croweacina, gamma-cubebeno, p-cymene, D-elemene, elemol, alpha-and gamma-eudesmol, germacrene-D, geraniol butyrate, beta-guaieno, alpha-humuleno, (+)-limonene, alpha-and gamma- muuroleno, muurolol T, myrcene, nerol hexanoate, alpha-and beta-phellandrene, alpha-and beta-pinene, sabinene, alpha-terpineol, gamma terpinene, seeds of this herb contain different fatty acids.

Recipes from this herb:

Salad: use of the leaves of this medicinal plant strawberries in different salads, after carefully washing the leaves.

Infusion: Boil 20-30 gr. of fresh or dried leaves of this herb in a quart of water or one tablespoon per cup, and take 2 cups per day after meals. Suitable as a febrifuge and to facilitate digestion.