YEZGO
YEZGO
Other Names:
Acte
,
AYEBO
,
Chaves
,
Ebule
,
Enzo
,
Matapulgas
,
Dogfish
,
bold
, Elder minor
Yambú
,
Yubo
.
The
berries
of
yezgo
are toxic, and agrees to differentiate them from those of the elder. Both plants belong to the same botanical
family
, and have similar applications,
but
the elder is used more by its smell more tolerable.
Habitat:
diffused by edges of forests and fresh throughout Europe. Naturalized in the Americas.
Description:
perennial plant, nauseating odor, stem erect up to 1. 5 meters in height, of the
family
of Caprifoliáceas. The flowers are small, white and umbel. Its fruits are some black
berries
in clusters upright upward.
Used Part.
The flowers, root, bark, leaves and fruit.
Properties and indications:
the entire plant contains
a
glucoside,
essential
oil, tannin and saponin. It
has
marked properties
sudorific
, diuretics and laxatives. That is why it is used as:
Diuretic in case of edema (fluid retention in the tissues) or
kidney
failure
.
Sudorific
in
febrile
illnesses (colds,
flu
,
malaria
, etc.
Antirheumatic:
Its decoction or
alcoholic
extract is used externally on towels or friction to calm the
rheumatic
pain.
Insecticide:
their fresh leaves, or the
liquid
of your decoction asperjado, repels insects.
Active Principles.
Leaves:
Sambunigrósido (heterósidos acid)
essential
oils, tannins, acids malic, tartaric and
valerian
.
Fruits:
Traces of
essential
oil,
bitter
principles, tannins, saponosides, anthocyanins (sambunigrósido, Hetero cyanogen) malic acid, tartaric and
valerian
.
Root and bark:
Sambunigrósido, tannins, saponosides,
bitter
principles, traces of
essential
oil.
Flowers:
Flavonoids,
potassium
salts.
Drug Action.
He
was
given the same properties as the elder. The bark, leaves, flowers and dried fruit, are popularly used as
a
diuretic, diaphoretic and laxative. The root, as
a
purgative
and emetic.
Use:
30 grams in decoction of leaves and / or root per
liter
of water, boiled for 5 or 10 minutes are taken up to 3 cups daily.
Externally, compresses soaked in
a
decocci6n as the one used internally. Can also be applied to
alcoholic
extract. Friction with the decoction or
alcoholic
extract.
Caution / Poisoning.
The
berries
are toxic. The use, in excessive doses, leaves or fruit can cause vomiting. Because the fruits have no bad taste, accidental poisoning in
children
can become deadly.
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