THE HAZE AND ITS PROPERTIES

Holly is a shrub of beautiful white and small flowers, soft, red and round fruit and covered with dark green leaves and thorny edges.

Properties: Used to reduce fever and cause sweating.



Directions: Boil 15 to 30 grams of fresh leaves in 1/2 liter of water for a quarter of an hour and drink 3 to 4 cups a day.

ACANTHUS AND ITS PROPERTIES

It is a group of plants with thorny leaves and colorful flowers that vary from white to violet.

Properties: Against stings of tarantulas and against first degree burns.

How to use:

Against the tarantula picket the viscous juice is extracted from the leaves and applied on the crowded part.

Against First Degree Burns: The sheets are placed on the injured skin. If the burn is severe, the leaves are crushed, a soft paste is formed with a little water and is spread over the damaged region.

ABROTANO (Artemisa abrotanum)ABROOT AND ITS PROPERTIES

The Abrótano is a plant of European origin, which is one meter high and whose stems are creeping. There are two species called male and female, of which the first is the one used for therapeutic purposes.

Properties: It has stimulating properties, tonic, antispasmodic and emenagogues (to provoke menstruation), for which it is not indicated in pregnant women.

How to use: For lack of appetite, languor and weakness of the stomach. Prepare an infusion with 10 grams of t leaves in a liter of water and drink one cup before meals.
As a vermifuge (to shed intestinal parasites). Prepare the same infusion and drink a cup half an hour before food.


Against epilepsy: 2 grams of root are sprayed and added to a cup of hot tea and taken slowly at the onset of the attack.

Against hysteria: 10 grams of leaves are boiled in a liter of water and taken 3 to 4 cups a day sweetened to taste with honey.

Against the rules or delayed menses: Fifteen minutes of 7 to 10 grams of leaves are boiled in half a liter of water, or in a liter of boiling water add a pinch of abrótano, a pinch of chamomile, a pinch of wormwood (stalks), a pinch of rue, a hint of horehound and a pinch of melissa and a pinch of chalky flowers. Boil for 30 seconds, let stand, strain and drink 3 to 4 cups daily, sweetened with a little honey.

THISTLE AND ITS PROPERTIES

The THISTLE is a plant that belongs to the family of the Cigofiláceas and grows in sandy and stony areas mainly in temperate and cold regions of Mexico.

Properties: The bumblebee is used as a diuretic, to combat chest conditions, ophthalmia (inflammation of the eyes) and inflammation of the liver.


How to use:

As a diuretic: Make a baking with 10 grams of bunch root for 1/2 liter of water; is boiled for a quarter of an hour and is taken as water used sweetened with sugar.

Against chest conditions and ophthalmias: 20 grams of leaves are boiled in a liter of water and taken as water of time.

For inflammations of the liver: The leaves are applied in poultice on the affected part.

THE BIRCH AND ITS PROPERTIES

Birch is a tree that belongs to the family of betulaceae; its leaves are small, pointed and jagged edges; its trunk produces a resin called betulin used to tan and aromatize the skin and from its bark you get a sugary liquid called "birch water" used in the preparation of alcoholic beverages.


Properties: The bark of white birch is useful as a diuretic (to increase the secretion and excretion of urine) and to reduce fever.

How to use: It is made with 10 grams of bark of birch in a liter of water and is taken as water of use or time.

THE BASIL AND ITS PROPERTIES

Ocimum basilicum commonly known as basil or albauba, is an annual aromatic herb of the lamiaceae family native to Iran, India and other tropical regions of Asia, which has been cultivated for several millennia.

The basil is an annual herb, cultivated as perennial in tropical climates, low growth (between 30 and 130 cm), with opposite leaves of a glossy green, oval or ovate, toothed and silky texture, measuring 3 to 11 cm Of length by 1 to 6 cm of width. It emits terminal floral spikes with white or violet tubular flowers which, unlike those of the rest of the family, have the four stamens and the pistil resting on the lower lip of the corolla. After entomophilic pollination, the corolla detaches and four round achenes develop within the bilabial chalice.

PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS OF THE BASIL

It fights depression, exhaustion, insomnia and migraine. It is digest.iva, antispasmodic, against inappetence, nervous dyspepsia, it is carminative, it can increase the secretion of milk in the mothers. It is diuretic and decreases febrile states. It is used as digestive, gastrointestinal spasms, diuretic, intestinal parasites and dyspepsia nerve. Also as it violates and soothe skin irritations. In antitussive and is very propitious against pharyngitis and laryngitis. It is used in migraines of nervous or digestive origin, like sedative, desinflamante of canthus and irritated nipples. Activates the inmunologic system and increases the antibodies. Fight acne. They are attributed aphrodisiac properties. It is healing, analgesic, antiseptic and against osteo-articular inflammations.

It is applied in infusions, cakes, poultices, ointments, tinctures, balms, lotions, compresses syrups, soaps, creams, fresh and dry powder.

The medicinal properties of basil are not usually too widespread, however, they are many and worth noting just a few:

-Combats exhaustion, depression, migraine and insomnia

- Is antispasmodic, digestive, diuretic and carminative

- Is good against inappetence, intestinal parasites and nerve dyspepsia

- Can increase mothers' milk secretion

- Decreases febrile states

- Excellent for soothing skin irritations

- Good for curing laryngitis or pharyngitis

- Inflates canker sores and irritated nipples

- Fights acne

- Has analgesic, antiseptic and healing properties

- Are attributed aphrodisiac characteristics

- Activates the immune system

- Very good against osteo-articular inflammations

Homemade remedies with basil

For medicinal purposes the leaves of the plant

For the headache an infusion is prepared with a tablespoon of dry leaves per 200 ml of water. The plant is dropped into the cup and hot water is added. Cover and let stand 4 minutes. Then strain it and let it cool a little. Then we drink slowly.

To strengthen the hair and prevent it from falling, simply add 100 g of basil leaves to 250 ml of water, and cover it to let it sit for 20 minutes. It is then strained and applied daily on the scalp using a stimulating massage.

For ear pain the fresh leaves are milled and the juice that is extracted is placed at the entrance of the ear.

To relieve sore throat gargle is done with the infusion of the plant.

For sores and canker sores, the leaves are milled and applied to the affected area in poultices.

Helps eliminate acne by infusing the face or affected area

If you want to repel mosquitoes and mosquitoes grow basil in pots and put them in the windows. You can also put twigs on the walls. In case you are bitten you can use the leaves to help deflate and improve the stings with a poultice of basil leaves.

ORANGE BLOSSOM AND ITS PROPERTIES

Azahar or Blossom of Azahar is the name of several white flowers; By antonomasia, those of the orange tree, the lemon tree and the tree. The name comes from the Hispanic Arabic azzahár, and this, from the classic Arabic az-zahr (meaning flowers). The name is popularly associated with the orange flower, the most appreciated of all for its beauty, aroma and properties, which are traditionally considered therapeutic.

It is an essential ingredient in various infusions for its sedative properties. Orange blossom also distils essential oil, orange or neroli flower oil.

This type of flower can be observed during the spring season not only in the fields of cultivation of the mentioned species, but also in the streets and squares of many Spanish cities (especially Valencia, Murcia, Malaga, Cordoba and Seville), where it is used as Ornamental tree and its pleasant fragrance invades the urban environment. In Andalusia and the Region of Murcia is usually related also to Easter, since it usually sprouts in the days before it.

The flower of orange blossom is found in almost all Mexico as in the states of Hidalgo, Morelos, Puebla and Veracruz; Its main medicinal use is to calm the nerves. The treatment consists of cooking the flower and taking it as water for use; It is also used for heartburn, amoeba, bile, diarrhea, dysentery, vomiting, typhoid and stomach pain.

In affections such as cough, flu, pain and infection of throat and hoarseness, the infusion of orange blossom is taken like water of use the fruit with honey or the shell of the lemon with cinnamon. Lemon juice, which is one of the most used parts, is used for the proper functioning of the kidney and to treat blemishes on the skin. Other conditions treated with the fruit are diabetes, liver problems, conjunctivitis and fever.

The medicinal qualities of the orange blossom are:

-It has sedative properties so it is effective for people with nervous disorders, anxiety, insomnia

-Helps people to recover from fainting

-Improves digestion

-Enjoy sleep in hyperactive children

- Helps to treat muscle cramps and aches

-Helps relieve physical tiredness

-Collaborates in the treatment of bronchitis

-Alivia the symptoms of stress

- It favors the relief of the nervous cough, nervous migraine

-Help to treat diarrhea

-It has mild laxative properties

In the form of essential oil helps to cool the environment in rooms too "loaded", while its relaxing aroma is advisable when we want to calm down, for example, after a tiring day.

An interesting option to enjoy most of the properties of the orange blossom is to make a delicious infusion of orange blossom. Take note.

Orange blossom infusion: how to prepare it

Main ingredients

1 tablespoon orange blossom

1 cup of water

Steps to make orange blossom

1) Put the equivalent of a cup of water in a saucepan.

2) Bring to a boil.

3) When it starts to boil, add the tablespoon of orange blossom and boil for 3 minutes.

4) After this time turn off the fire, cover the infusion and leave in rest five minutes.

5) Strap and drink.