Your Medicinal Plants

Geoffroea decorticans

Familia de Fabaceae

The scientific name of Chañar is Geoffroea decorticans. Other common name are Chanar and Kumbaru.
This herb inhabits South America. This medicinal plant belongs to the family Fabaceae (Leguminosae). This medicinal plant is a deciduous tree or shrub which may reach 7 m. tall, with branches that usually end in a sharp spine. The branches of these trees have thorns medicinal adults 2 to 4 inches long. The trunk of this herb is modesty, and with its bark peels characteristics that emerge. Decorticans Geoffroea leaves are short, alternate, light green in color. The flowers of this herb are yellow-orange, streaked with red, 1 cm. long, and arranged in clusters. Chañar‘s fruit of globose or ovoid, red, size is 1.5 to 3 cm. The fruit of this herb is edible, sweet and pleasant.

Part of this herb for medicinal purposes are the leaves, bark and flowers. The properties of this herb are the bark, leaves and flowers are expectorant properties. The boiled bark of Chañar has used as an expectorant and antiasthmatic. This medicinal plant is composed by: fatty acid, protein. Besides the Chañar do you use for medicinal purposes, its Madrero is used for making furniture, as it is very tough.

Recipes from this herb:

Decoction: The decoction of the bark of this herb, with honey added, is used as an expectorant, and also asthma.

In the fruit of Chañar preparing chicha, a beverage syrup and alcohol: the hosts of chañar. I ate boiled and mixed with fish fat. At harvest time it can be eaten raw. To prepare sweet jelly type fruits are ground and simmered them there is no need for sugar is sweet.

Largeleaf linden

Familia de Tiliaceae

The Largeleaf linden is a medicinal tree that belongs to the family Tiliaceae. There are about 10 species of this medicinal plant, but the more important is Tilia platyphyllos (scientific name). The Largeleaf linden trees are medicinal plants from temperate zones of the northern hemisphere. These plants live naturally in forest shade, no more than 1500 m. elevation. The Tilia platyphyllos tree is a deciduous medicine, which is very common to find in the gardens. Largeleaf linden is of good size, measuring between 20 and 40 m tall, straight trunk and narrow, and provides shade for being very dense. These medicinal plants are very long, can live 900 years. These plants have large leaves, measuring 8 to 14 cm. long, and have heart-shaped. These plant healing leaves are aromatic and herbaceous flavor. The apex is pointed and the edges are jagged. The color of the leaves is dark green, and is arranged along the branches. The flowers of these plants are born small and sustained for a long capita which is a kind of long, narrow leaf, a pale green, and the tip of about 5 flowers born capita. The flowers of the plant healing have a calyx of five sepals. They are pale yellow. The stamens are numerous, and have filaments free, white. The flowers of  Tilia platyphyllos have a mild and pleasant smell. The fruit is hairy, oval, is dry at maturity, and never opens. The most important property of this medicinal that has the style is its soothing ability, because their flowers taken in infusion are very effective. Among other properties such as plant healingis is fighting colds, coughs and other ailments.

Recipes from this medicinal plant:

Place in a tea cup boiling water to which they should place the Tilia platyphyllos flowers, the quantity of flowers of lime applied, depends on the desired calming effect. For more flowers, more sedative. I will drink it after meals, as it lessens the acidity of the stomach.

Mikania

Familia de Asteraceae

The Mikania is a medicinal plant belonging to the family Asteraceae.
The scientific name of this plant medicinal is Mikania glomerata.
Mikania glomerata, also known as guaco, are popular in herbal medicine.
Mikania is a medicinal plant vine native to South America. The roots of this plant have been used medicinally by Indians to cure bites from poisonous animals and home remedies for centuries.
This medicinal plant is a vine with heart-shaped leaves, which is large and covers fences or bushes. There are about 180 species of guaco, and so are most of them wild.
Mikania glomerata is used for medicinal purposes mainly the leaves of this medicinal plant.
The Mikania is an effective herbal medicine to treat fever, rheumatism, gout, cholera, antispasmodic, expectorant and for coughs.
This medicinal plant is rich in saponins, flavonoids and alkaloids.

Recipes from this medicinal plant:

Infusion: Place 1 tables poon Mikania leaf in 1 liter of water, let boil for 5 minutes, you can sweeten with honey if desired, and drink hot.
It is effective against cough and expectoration.