Junipero
enebrojuniperus comminus
Junipero
enebrojuniperus comminus
Other Names:
Junipero
,
Nebra
.
Dioscorides, who lived in the first century AD, already knew the medicinal properties of the fruits of
juniper
, which certainly serve to considerably more than for flavored
alcoholic
beverages.
Habitat:
Common
in rocky terrain and in mountain forests across Europe. Naturalized in the Americas.
Description:
shrub of the
family
of Cupresáceas, which reaches from 1 to 3 m. tall. Their leaves are
evergreen
, short and sharp. Its fruits, enebrinas, are balls of blue or black, taste sweet and resinous.
Used parts:
the fruits.
Properties and indications:
the entire plant, and
berries
in particular, contain an
essential
oil rich in terpenes. The
berries
contain, besides glucose, resin,
organic
acids and juniprina (
bitter
glucoside) The enebrinas have the following properties:
Diuretic:
the
essential
oil of
juniper
has
the effect of increasing the glomerular filtration in the kidneys, and thus the production of urine. However, large doses of
juniper
taken on
a
continuous forced the ability of the
kidney
filtration, and leading to
nephritis
. The use of
juniper
is indicated in cases of edema by heart
failure
, and as depurative to remove excess uric acid.
Expectorants and bronchial antiseptic:
because the substance is excreted in large part by the lungs, enebrinas have been used as
a
complementary treatment for all types of bronco -
pulmonary
infections
, including
tuberculosis
.
Appetizers, invigorating the
stomach
and
Carmine
.
Emenagogas:
provoke
a
greater blood supply to the genitals. Therefore, the enebrinas are indicated in cases of weak rule or painful.
Revulsive:
Applied externally in friction, the essence of
juniper
into
alcoholic
dissolution calm the pain of rheumatism and
arthritis
.
Use:
the
mature
enebrinas can be swallowed whole by way of pills, 6 after
each
meal, 3 times daily. In infusion of 30 grams per
liter
of water enebrinas; take up to 3 cups daily. Essence: 2 drops are swallowed, 3 times
a
day. Externally, the friction essence dissolved in
alcohol
, from 20 to 30 drops of essence for every 100 ml of
alcohol
.
Precautions:
it discourages its use during
pregnancy
and
nephritis
, because in high doses can produce albuminuria (emission of albumin,
a
type of
protein
in the urine)
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