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Familia de Asteraceae
This herb grows in shrublands, and height above the sea level to 3000 m. It can grow to 50 cm. high. The scientific name is Solidago virga-aurea and belongs to the Asteraceae family. Golden Rod can also be called with the common name: Solidago
The leaves of this plant are oval and alternative arrangements. The flowers are very fragrant and yellow. The flowers are tubular interior while the exterior has ligule. This plant has lots of tannins act as astringents and anti-inflammatory when applied to skin ulcers, eczema and wounds. Furthermore, the flavonoids that give Golden Rod have a glass protective action, used in people with varicose veins, hemorrhoids and capillary fragility. It also contains saponins, providing a diuretic, used in cases of nephritis, cystitis, and edema. The leaves of this herb have a sedative and hypotensive effect, are used in cases of anxiety and hypertension.
Recipes from this medicinal plant:
Decoction: Add 35 gr. Flowers of this herb to a liter of water, letting it boil for 2 minutes, then let stand another 10 minutes. Then filtered and the resulting liquid can be drunk throughout the day for diuretics.
Infusion of the leaves: Add 2 gr. leaf goldenrod to eight ounces of water and boiled and left in contact for 10 minutes. You get a liquid you can drink 30 minutes before bedtime to decrease anxiety.
Tags:
anxiety,
hemorrhoids,
sedative
Familia de Ranunculaceae
Monkshood inhabits mountainous areas of Europe. It can be found along streams and in forests with moist, dark places.
The scientific name is Aconitum napellus. Is a medicinal plant belonging to the plant family Ranunculaceae. The scientific name synonymous is Aconitum vulgare.
This herb may also be called by the following common names: common monkshood, aconite, Napel, Wolfsbane, Town of Jupiter, and many others.
Aconitum napellus is a medicinal plant known since ancient times used by the Greeks and Romans.
It is recommended that their use is controlled by a physician because too much can be toxic / poisonous.
It is a perennial herb with single stem and can exceed one meter high.
It has fleshy root, with elongated tubers to 15 cm long. The leaves of this herb are stalked, bright green. Aconite flowers are large and beautiful but extremely toxic, even lethal to, are blue or violet from 3 to 4 cm in diameter. Bloom in summer.
The fruit of this plant is a pod capsule containing numerous seeds.
Its chemical composition is: aconitine alkaloids, hypaconitine, mesaconitine, napelina, neopelina, organic acids, aconitic, citric, tartaric and choline.
Important collection of the plant root. It is used in pharmaceuticals to extract their active ingredients. It is considered one of the most poisonous plants on our planet. For this reason the collection must be done by people, not by amateurs.
The leaves of this plant, like roots, contain active ingredients, while not as good quality and smaller scale.
With the fresh tubers (3 or 4) be enough to kill an adult.
The compound is poisonous plant is the aconitine; present in the root, stem and leaves of this plant.
Therapeutic purposes has been used as an analgesic, and amending the nerve endings.
It is recommended that this plant is not used in homeopathy or natural medicine, rigorously controlled only take drugs that contain it in low concentrations.
The first symptoms of poisoning begin with a general state of excitement, numbness of the lips, tongue and throat. Then gastrointestinal distress may occur, low body temperature. Finally, it can paralyze the respiratory system causing death.
Recipes for this herb:
Notably, the Aconitum napellus to be a poisonous plant so are not advised for home use whatsoever. External or internal far.
Analgesic and sedative properties that contain this plant we can find in many other medicinal plants, which have no risk of being poisonous as Aconite.
Tags:
analgesic,
sedative
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.
Tags:
antispasmodic,
carminative,
digestive,
heart disease,
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