Your Medicinal Plants

Birch, Betula verrucosa

Familia de Betulaceae

Birch is a medicinal plant, rather a medicinal tree. Its scientific name is Betula verrucosa, and Betulaceae is the family plants.
They live in most of Spain, Portugal, and in some places in areas above 1000 m. high.

This medicinal tree is known for a long time. Can reach up to 30 m. tall, the bark is whitish silver.
The younger branches of this tree grow more falls. The end of the branches is the taco pretty rough.
With respect to flowering, we have male and female flowers. They are yellowish green. The male flowers after pollination perform its function onto the floor. The female flowers are preserved and that will be responsible for forming the fruit.
This medicinal plant is harvested leaves, and takes place in the spring.
The leaves of this herb should be dried in the shade at a temperature below 40 º C
Also used for medicinal flowers, bark, young branches (falls) and tree sap.

Among the medicinal compounds that have this tree, the leaves can be found in abundance are the flavonoids that give this plant diuretic property. Birch is used in cases of urinary tract infections, such as cystitis, calculus, pyelonephritis, among others.
In addition, the leaves have essential oils such as betulinol, which gives febrifuge actions.
Birch is also a good antiseptic and healing.
In the bark of Betula verrucosa have tannins, which act as astringents.
The sap acts as a diuretic and ant rheumatic, is used in cases of gout and rheumatism.

Recipes from this medicinal plant:

Infusion: an infusion is made from the leaves of this plant. Place 35 gr. Birch leaves in a quart of water. Once the water boils remove from heat and leave the leaves in the boiling water for 10 minutes. Then add 1 gr. sodium bicarbonate to make more emotional this infusion. You can drink 3 cups per day.

Corn

Familia de Poaceae

Corn is a food widely known throughout the world, being native to America and is very old, it is believed that it was used by ancient American civilizations 7000 years ago. Cereal is one of the most widely used to prepare all kinds of food at present.
The scientific name for corn is Zea mays and belongs to the Poaceae family.
The most important medicinal properties of Corn, are very effective in helping increase the amount of urine that is excreted from the body, making cleaning the kidneys, and is recommended for people who are dieting to lose weight, reduce blood pressure to treat cystitis, bladder, gallbladder, kidney, edema, impaired kidney and urinary tract problems, heart problems, premenstrual syndrome, gout, for hypothyroid, helps mothers to increase milk production in the period lactation.
Corn is also recommended for people with low weight required to perform their diet to increase body mass.
Corn oil is used to treat dry hair hands and instead mix the cornstarch with a little water until it forms a paste and spread into a poultice to the area affected by eczema, bruises, sores, ulcers , rheumatism, arthritis, fever, skin irritations, helps regulate cholesterol in the blood, lung problems.
Corn there is many ways to consume in order to benefit their health benefits or to treat certain conditions, such as preparing meals in corn, cornmeal, oil and other forms. Should not eat corn orally people with prostate problems, kidney failure and heart without medical authorization as it may aggravate these pictures in some cases.  Corn is a healthy food if you are going to use for therapeutic purposes must be authorized by the doctor to avoid any undesirable consequences.

Recipes for this herb:

Tea: For tea from this plant need to add a couple tablespoons of corn silk in 1 liter of water and leave it in the fire of 3 minutes, then you can drink several times a day.

Lemon tree

Familia de Rutaceae

The scientific name for lemon is Citrus limonum Risso.
This medicinal plant belongs to the plant family Rutaceae.
The lemon tree is a small tree, known as lemons.
The trunk is irregular with uneven branches.
The lemon tree leaves are 6-8 cm. long.
The flowers of this herb are solitary or in axillary pairs, dyed red exterior, also the shoots. The fruit known as lemon is acidic, yellow, oval, and 8-10 cm. long.
Lemon essential oil is composed, myrcene, limonene, alcohols, Linale, nerol, geraniol, citronellyl, citropteno acid, hesperidin, pectin, citric acid, among others.
The part used Risso Citrus limonum are its leaves, seeds, fruit.
The medicinal properties of lemons are almost countless. Lemon juice contains: citric acid, sugars, minerals like magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, potassium and iron, vitamin C, B1, B2 and nicotinic acid, pectins, among which flavonoids hesperidin.
Internal use or tea or juice, or consuming the neutral.
This medicinal plant, its fruit is recommended in cases of arthritis, asthma, gout, gallstones or kidney problems, nephritis, lack of vitamin C, pyorrhea, vermifuge, antispasmodic, colds, indigestion, cough, flu and respiratory infections, anemia, and rickets.
Lemon is used externally against pains and rheumatism.

Recipes from this medicinal plant:

Natural: cut the lemon and rub the affected area with rheumatism, Apply 2 or 3 times per day.

Lemon Cure: take a lemon juice fasting, the second day juice of 2 lemons, lemon increasing every day until 10 lemons. Thereafter, a lemon is subtracted each day until the juice of a lemon again. The cure is completed in 20 days.

Infusion: An infusion of lemon leaves antispasmodic and is very good for colds, indigestion and dizziness.

Lemon juice is antirheumatic, and can take up to 3 cups per day.

A tablespoon of lemon juice in a cup of hot tea is possessed of several virtues: against gases, headache and dizziness, heart palpitations, bile and fight fever.

Tea: Tea is sweetened lemon seeds vermifuge (intestinal parasites).

Mascara: fresh lemon juice applied on the face protects the skin from the weather.

A whole lemon in a pint of boiled water and then sweetened with honey is very good for the flu and colds.