HERB OF HEALTH
vellosilla hieracium pilosella
HERB OF HEALTH
vellosilla hieracium pilosella
Other Names:
Cerrillejo
,
Herbal
Health
Pilosela
, Mouse Ear.
The use of
vellosilla
, despite going back to the Middle Ages, is not widely used, perhaps because, once dried, it loses its medicinal properties.
Habitat:
meadows
and forest clearings across Europe, except on the Mediterranean coast. Spread by the Atlantic coast of North
America
.
Description:
perennial plant of the
family
of compounds, with
a
rosette of leaves hair on its base, whose center comes out of
a
leafless stalk, 10 to 20 cm in height, finishing in
a
yellow
floral chapter.
Used parts:
the fresh herb.
Properties and indications:
contains
a
large amount of tannin, which makes it highly astringent; flavonoids, an
essential
oil, and diuretic properties depurativas; mucilages of anti - inflammatory action, and
a
substance derived from coumarin umbeliferona of antibiotic action. These are his instructions:
Diarrhea
and dysentery: stop the bloody stools.
Edema, nephrosis (albuminuria)
renal failure
: in addition to increasing the volume of urine, favors the elimination of urea and desinflamar kidneys.
Bleeds:
its strong astringent action means that, when applied locally, stop nosebleeds. Taken internally, in infusion, is also used against excessive
menstruation
.
Brucellosis
: its principles antibiotics act selectively against Brucella mellitensis, bacterium that causes
brucellosis
or Malta fever. It
has
been found that livestock grazing in the
meadows
where abundant
vellosilla
do not have
brucellosis
. Reduces fever and makes stop sweating characteristics of this
disease
. We have to take it for several months.
Usage:
infusion with 50 or 60 grams per
liter
of plant fresh water, which takes 3 to 5 daily cups sweetened with honey.
Externally, nasal tamponade is used to being made with
a
cotton
or gauze soaked in the infusion described for internal use,
but
more concentrated (100 to 150 grams per
liter
)
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