SAN JOSE GRASS
verbena carolina
SAN JOSE GRASS
verbena carolina
Castilian:
Grass of sorcerers, cúralotodo,
sacred herb
,
verbena
,
Male
verbena
, vervain
straight
right
verbena
, vervain higher.
verbena
fine, holy grass, herb spells.
In this kind are attributed virtues to kind of digestive ailments such as vomiting,
diarrhea
,
stomach
pain, dysentery and as
a
purgative
. However, it is the bile, weakness, inappetence and
headache
, malaise for the most widely used
Verbena
, and the branches are part of higher employment in developing an infusion like to take
tea
. They also, boiled, served for bathing places, and the root is used in the form of infusion or washed to prevent hair loss and dandruff.
Herb from 30 to 70 cm tall, with branched stems and covered with pelillos. The leaves are elongated and undulating and its flowers are thin spikes. Prevalent in warm climates, semi, dry and mild. It grows on arable land and is linked to the tropical deciduous forest,
evergreen
and subcaducifolia; Xeric scrublands, mountain cloud forests of
oak
and mixed
pine
.
Verbena
.
Verbena
officinalis
)
INTRODUCTION:
In ancient Rome rose to the rank of the
verbena
plant
sacred
, so that any pact that
was
signed
was
beaten with
a
branch of
verbena
to confer the greatest credibility.
Rama
verbena
with details of their bloom. Historically, this plant
has
been taken by medicine, the Roman soldiers wore their stalks in the saddlebags to heal any wounds of war. In the Middle Ages
was
used for the preparation of filters amorous.
ACTIVE:
In some places of
America
is known as
herbal
spells, probably influenced by the Galicians who made it up there, and for which it
was
sacred
significance. There
was
a
spell to make love for the woman you want (or wanted by man) who
was
to recite some lines with
a
bunch of
verbena
on hand.
FEATURES:
It is
a
perennial plant (lives more than two years) stem slender, erect, which does not reach one meter in height. The leaves have been faced, two by two in
each
node, more or less deeply lobed. The flowers of lilac color, bloom at the beginning of the
summer
and
autumn
. They are grouped to occupy the top of the stems, forming
a
spike, no petioles.
LOCATION:
It is
a
Mediterranean plant that thrives in many parts of the
American
continent, in mild climates and not too cold. He lives in
grassland
and uncultivated land in or beside roads and so on.
ACTIVE:
Like many other plants,
has
tannins, mucilages and saponin. Probably the exceptional medicinal qualities are due to the presence of
a
glucoside, the verbenalina, part of which disappears in the drying.
Medicinal properties:
It is
now
accepted that time stimulant properties, is useful in rheumatism, and reduce fever. In catarrh of the
stomach
and intestines, not hungry, slow digestions, catarrh of the
respiratory
tract,
diseases
of the
liver
or kidneys.
COLLECTING:
We pick the leaves and flowering tops (flowers along with the groups that support them) in late
spring
or early
summer
(and
autumn
, during the second flowering) Using the magic of the festival, there
was
a
tradition of ceremonially collect, which chose the eve of San Juan, at night, for 'fair go' group.
USES AND APPLICATIONS:
We used the leaves and flowering tops' in decoction (20 grams per
liter
of water) It is useful as
a
restorative tonic in
diseases
of the
liver
and kidneys. Against
rheumatic
pains, is applied with
a
cloth. On the painful area.
Part used medicinally:
The leaves and flowers.
Galenica forms / Dosage.
Internal use:
Infusion:
One tablespoon per cup dessert. Infuse 10 minutes. Three cups
a
day.
Stabilized fluid extract (1:
1) 30 - 50 drops, one to three times
a
day.
Tincture (1:
10) 50 - 100 drops, three times
a
day.
External use:
Infusion of 5%, in the form of eye washes.
Decoction:
50 grams per
liter
, boil 10 minutes. Apply in the form of compresses or inhalation.
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