Your Medicinal Plants

Meadowsweet

Familia de Rosaceae

The meadowsweet is a plant with large leaves and small white flowers in the form of bouquets, very beautiful. This herb is native to Europe and its scientific name is Filipendula ulmaria. It belongs to Rosaceae family. Meadowsweet has medicinal properties known since antiquity as a tonic, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, mild anticoagulant, analgesic, sudorific, antispasmodic.

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Purslane

Familia de Portulacaceae

This herb is native to India and the Middle East grows in sandy areas. Its scientific name is Portulaca oleracea, and belongs to the family Portulacaceae. This plant is also known by the names: Purslane, Verdolaga, Pigweed, Little Hogweed, or Pusley; among others. This plant can be eaten as a vegetable because their stems, leaves, and flowers are edible, can be eaten raw or cooked. Its bittersweet taste is nice and is part of the cuisine of many countries Purslane. One advantage of this herb is reproduced easily and in some orchards can become an invasive weed so effortless for cultivation. This plant also has medicinal properties as antioxidants, emollients, anti-inflammatory, laxative, diuretic, cleansing, emmenagogue. Conditions for the purslane is effective is constipation, inflammation of the urinary system, cystitis, kidney stones, inflammation of eyelids, conjunctivitis, helps you lose weight because it helps eliminate fluid,  live problems, improves skin complexion , wounds, boils, abscesses, burns,It is also effective in the treatment of dysentery, jaundice, sunburn, insect bites, swellings, skin diseases, helminth infections, diabetes, dyspepsia, headache, fever. Purslane should be consumed because of their culinary skills but also medicinal but there is enough ignorance about the benefits of this vegetable. It is highly recommended intake of this plant is very healthy and provides many vitamins and nutrients that benefit and strengthen the body. A regular intake of Purslane this will increase the supply of nutrients that may not completely get it with other foods. There are no contraindications for consumption or ingestion of this plant, but if we have questions we can consult the doctor to tell us how to use it properly. It’s time to include in the list of vegetables we should eat the purslane and that our body will thank you with more health.

Recipes from this medicinal plant:

Gastronomy: You can eat this plant as a fresh vegetable salad eating it.

Decoction: Another option is to prepare a decoction using 100 grams of fresh plant in 1 liter of water and drink several cups a day.

Poultice: For external use can make a poultice by placing the crushed plant in the affected area.

Common wheat or bread wheat

Familia de Poaceae

Common wheat or bread wheat is a medicinal plant with the scientific name:  Triticum aestivum, and belongs to the family Poaceae.
Common Wheat is an annual plant that grows upright, about a meter high.
The flowers grow in a bouquet, consisting of a more or less dense spike may be short or long, depending on the different species of wheat.
Common Wheat is grown throughout the world. It is thought that the first species of this herb from Asia Minor and elsewhere in Southeast Asia.
The cultivation of this cereal is very old; they have found remains of the herb of the Paleolithic era.
This herb is mainly composed of starch, protein substances as well (gluten) and a minimum percentage of body fat. It also contains some cellulose and water.
Is almost exclusively for the manufacture of bread, have good taste and be easy to digest.
We recommend eating whole wheat bread, to possess many virtues.
Wheat is considered an excellent nutrient, and if we let the bran, has laxative and febrifuge.
The wheat is usually consumed as bread.
Bran (a component of wheat) can also be purchased separately, being a very good fiber.
It is also known semolina wheat grain is not baked, highly recommended for convalescents, to consume in the form of soups.

Recipes from this medicinal plant:

In cases of constipation recommend taking 15 gr. a mixture of oat bran.