VERONICA
VERONICA
English
:
Veronica
.
French:
Véronique.
From the
family
of Escrofulariáceas.
Expectorant and digestive, laxative, catarrh of the
stomach
,
intestine
and
bladder
. Fatigue excess mental work.
External use:
To combat eczema.
The name of
Veronica
male
was
given by comparison with the
ABRÓTANO
. It is also known in Europe because
tea
with dried twigs are prepared infusions.
Medicinal properties:
It
has
been given plenty of qualities, most baseless. Anyway, we can say that with the
verónica
prepared snacks are prepared, expectorants,
stomach
and
vulnerary
(to heal the wounds)
HARVESTING:
In early
summer
, when the plant is in bloom (blooms in May) it's time to trim twigs with flowers and leaves. Are left to dry in the sun and stored in
a
cool and dry.
FEATURES:
This is
a
perennial grass, creeping stem that winds along the surface of the soil by issuing many vertical branches, so that when they dry
a
few, are always others. Thus,
a
plant
Veronica
can live many years. The vertical branches do not reach more than 30 cm. The leaves come in pairs, arranged around the stem, on the floor and the vertical branches. The flowers are grouped by covering
almost
an entire branch, are colored blue, and cause
a
triangular fruit covered with hair, like the whole plant. Its
flavor
is
bitter
, astringent. It is known also as
Veronica
male and
tea
in Europe.
LOCATION:
Live in Europe, except in the Mediterranean region, up to 1, 000 m above sea level, in the bushes and soils Cilicia.
At one time
was
considered
a
plant with plenty of virtues, so much so that in 1690, Johan Franke,
a
fan of
herbal
medicine, he devoted
a
book of 300 pages entitled
Veronica
theezans. To understand such esteem for
a
plant, one would think that either there
has
been
a
confusion of names or, more likely, some exceptional environmental conditions at certain times and in some regions led to the production of active ingredients.
USES AND APPLICATIONS:
It is used in infusion from the dried plant (flowers and leaves with traces of the twigs where they reside) Just
a
handful for
a
cup. Once cooled, being warm, can be used to heal wounds and wash eczema. For use internally, as an aperitif and digestive, using the same infusion,
but
sweetened with honey or sugar.
Drawing
a
sprig of
Veronica
in detail of his head. Along those lines, picture of your beautiful blooms, taken in decoction with the leaves are used to offset the lack of appetite, as expectorant,
stomach
and
vulnerary
.
Used Part.
Sumidades the air.
Active Principles.
Heterósidos iridoideos:
Aucuba, MINECO, veronicósido, verprósido, barking. Flavonoids, tannings; mannitol;
bitter
principles; phenolic acids: caféico, chlorogenic; saponosides triterpenic; phytosterols: beta - sitosterol; traces of
essential
oil.
Drug Action.
The
bitter
confers snacks and digestive properties; tannins, astringent and
vulnerary
; the saponosides, slightly balsamic. The irodoides, anti - inflammatory and antiallergic. It is soothing, reducing agents, antimicrobial (Klebsiella pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus) and antifungal (Candida albicans) Popularly is considered purifying.
Indications.
Inappetence,
dyspepsia
hiposecretoras,
gastritis
, gastric ulcers,
flatulence
,
diarrhea
.
Bronchitis
,
emphysema
,
asthma
. In topical use: wounds, skin ulcers, dermatomycosis, vulvovaginitis, rheumatism, gout.
Contraindications.
Do not prescribe oral dosage forms with
alcohol
content to
children
under two years or consultants in the process of
alcohol
addiction
.
Caution / Poisoning.
Take into account the
alcohol
content of the fluid extract and tincture.
Galenica forms / Dosage.
Internal use:
Infusion:
One tablespoon per cup dessert. Infuse 10 minutes. Two or three cups
a
day.
Fluid extract (1:
1) 30 drops, one to three times
a
day.
Tincture (1:
5) 50 - 100 drops, one to three times
a
day.
Juice of fresh plant:
25 to 60 g per day.
External use:
Decoction:
40 - 50 g / l. Simmer 10 minutes. Apply in the form of irrigation or towels.
Excerpt fluid diluted to 20%.
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