Your Medicinal Plants

Burning bush, medicinal plants

Familia de Rutaceae

The Burning bush is a plant belonging to the plant family Rutaceae.
The scientific name of this herb is Dictamnus albus.
Dictamnus albus grown in some thick bush and forest. This plant is rare and scarce.
This plant is very fragrant; stem is straight, simple, and smooth on the heel and torments at the apex.
The upper leaves of this herb are sessile and oval, the lower petioles comprised of oval, serrated edge and petioles. The beam was slightly stormy leaves and the undersides glabrous.
The flowers of this herb have five petals, which can be color: yellow, pink and white and are grouped into single clusters.
The flowers of this medicinal plant have medicinal properties such as aromatic, stimulant, digestive, carminative and antispasmodic.
The most common form of consumption of flowers is an infusion.
Care should be taken as well as having medicinal properties; this plant can be toxic mild and mild abortive.
The leaves and flowers of this plant are rich in substance. We have also found an alkaloid called dictamnina which is slightly toxic and exerts its actions mainly on the uterus.
This herb is also composed of furocoumarins responsible dermatitis appears if you touch the money.
For your collection gloves are needed, or if this is not possible, avoid wet skin and sun exposure.

Recipes from this medicinal plant

Infusion: With waving Burning bush can prepare an infusion of 1 gr. freshly collected fresh leaves per cup of hot water. Take two cups a day, after the main meals. You may prepare this tea from the fresh bark of the root, obtaining the same effects.

Decoction: In a proportion of 2%, is prepared simmer the herb in water for a while. If we start from the dried plant, the proportion of active ingredients is considerably diminished, it is appropriate to increase the time of decoction.

Thyme

Familia de Labiatae

This herb is native to southern Europe and northern Africa.
Thyme is an herb belonging to the family of Labiatae (Lamiaceae) plants.
The scientific name of this herb is Thymus vulgaris L.
We can find this medicinal plants whit the following common names: Timo maggiore, Common thyme, Garden Thyme, Thym commun, Thymian, Tomillo común, Tomilho.
The use of this herb is very old, the Egyptians used this plant in the embalming. The Greeks used it in their bathrooms and burned as incense in their temples.
Thyme is a perennial, woody stem of limited height, usually about 30 cm. This medicinal plant living in poor, rocky soils of dry regions. Its leaves are tiny and have aromatic essences.
The flowers of  Thymus vulgaris L. are pink and white, the calyx is reddish and velvety.
The whole plant is used medicinally.
Thyme is indicated as an antiseptic, antispasmodic, stimulant, balsamic, carminative, anthelmintic, diaphoretic and antiseptic.
Thymus vulgaris L. is composed of essential oil, presents mainly thymol, carvacrol, borneol, bornyl acetate, acetate linalínico, linalool, geraniol alpha and beta-pinene, limonene, cymene p-, gamma-terpinene, alpha-terpineol, tannins, oleanolic acid and ursolic , fenilcarboxílicos acids (chlorogenic and caffeic), resins, tannins, among others.
In addition to its medicinal properties, thyme is used as a spice in the kitchen, in perfumery and soap making.

Recipes from this herb:

Infusion: Place 30 gr. Thymus vulgaris L. Dry in 1 liter of boiling water sweeten with sugar or honey. Indicated in cases of colds and sore throats, drinking one or more tablespoons several times a day.

Tea: prepared by pouring a cup of hot water in two tablespoons of minced thyme. You should drink one cup (250 ml) daily. Suitable for cough.

Infections and wounds can be dripped with thyme that has been boiled in water (apply cold or warm).

White Brush

Familia de Verbenaceae

The White Brush is a medicinal plant that serves as a digestive stomach.
This medicinal plant is recommended in cases of digestive disorders due to nerves.
It also serves to aid in heart disease.
The scientific name of this herb is Aloysia gratissima, and belongs to the family Verbenaceae.
This growing medicinal silver mountain areas, in ravines, across South America and grows wild, but widely cultivated in gardens. In Europe can be grown in temperate zones.
This herb may also be known in Spanish as Cedrón.
The part used for this herb is its leaves.
The White Brush is a medicinal plant with a distinctive citrus aroma, lemon more precisely.
The White Brush is a shrub that can reach up to 3 m. high, its branches are thorny, and its woody trunk.
The leaves of this herb are simple and opposite, green and white on the underside.
The flowers of these medicinal plants are small, white, fragrant, and grow in axillary one or in groups. It blooms in spring and summer.
The leaves and stems of Aloysia gratissima are rich in essential oil, which is one of those responsible for their duties to treat digestive disorders.

Recipes from this herb:

Infusion:  should be placed about 15 gr. leaves of this herb in a quart of boiling water. The leaves used should preferably be collected in spring or early fall.
The infusion of this herb is very good digestive, carminative, antispasmodic, and also served in cases of stomach pains.
It can also consume mild sedative.

In Gastronomy: The dried leaves and chopped of these medicinal plants can be used to flavor dishes and salad dressings.