ACTE
yezgosambucus ebolus
ACTE
yezgosambucus ebolus
Other Names:
Acte
,
AYEBO
,
Chaves
,
Ebule
,
Enzo
,
Matapulgas
,
Dogfish
,
bold
, Elder minor
Yambú
,
Yubo
.
The
berries
of
yezgo
are toxic, and agrees to differentiate them from those of the elder. Both plants belong to the same botanical
family
, and have similar applications,
but
the elder is used more by its smell more tolerable.
Habitat:
diffused by edges of forests and fresh throughout Europe. Naturalized in the Americas.
Description:
perennial plant, nauseating odor, stem erect up to 1. 5 meters in height, of the
family
of Caprifoliáceas. The flowers are small, white and umbel. Its fruits are some black
berries
in clusters upright upward.
Parts used:
root and leaves.
Properties and indications:
the entire plant contains
a
glucoside,
essential
oil, tannin and saponin. It
has
marked properties
sudorific
, diuretics and laxatives. That is why it is used as:
Diuretic in case of edema (fluid retention in the tissues) or
kidney
failure
.
Sudorific
in
febrile
illnesses (colds,
flu
,
malaria
, etc.
Antirheumatic:
Its decoction or
alcoholic
extract is used externally on towels or friction to calm the
rheumatic
pain.
Insecticide:
their fresh leaves, or the
liquid
of your decoction asperjado, repels insects.
Use:
30 grams in decoction of leaves and / or root per
liter
of water, boiled for 5 or 10 minutes are taken up to 3 cups daily.
Externally, compresses soaked in
a
decocci6n as the one used internally. Can also be applied to
alcoholic
extract. Friction with the decoction or
alcoholic
extract.
Precautions:
Do not exceed the prescribed dose of the roots or leaves. The
berries
are very toxic.
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