ESPINO Hedionda
espino cerval rhamnus cathartica
ESPINO Hedionda
espino cerval rhamnus cathartica
Other Names:
Cambron
,
Carrasquilla
,
Cervispina
, stinking
Espino
,
Sanguinaria Minor
.
From the eleventh century are documented the effects on the gut of this plant, which is also used in veterinary medicine to
purge
the animals.
Habitat:
originally from northern Asia. Is distributed by forests and mountainous regions of Europe and
America
.
Description:
thorny shrub of the
family
of Ramnáceas, which reaches 3 to 5 meters in height. Their flowers are small, green, with 4 petals
each
. The fruits are some black
berries
and fleshy, with 3 or 4 seeds
each
.
Used parts:
the fruits.
Properties and indications:
the fruits of
buckthorn
are rich in glycosides Anthraquinone, which owes its strong
purgative
action (cathartic) which according to the eminent botanist Font Quer 'no fault ever. " No one resists without evacuating, after you've taken
a
few fruits of
buckthorn
. They also provide
a
diuretic effect. It
was
administered as an adjuvant treatment in anthelmintics, in order to promote the expulsion of worms.
Use:
press is
a
bunch of ripe fruit and juice obtained, which can be sweetened with honey or sugar, take 2 or 3 cu - charades soup in the
morning
. In syrup, which is obtained by adding to its fresh juice same
weight
in sugar and boiling to simmer until it thickens, take 3 to 6 tablespoons daily.
Precautions:
should be used with caution, that is, at low doses, because large quantities can cause severe retortijones, vomiting, and even
intestinal
bleeding
.
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