EUCALYPTUS
Eucalyptus globulus Lavill

Family: Mirácceas
It serves for the disinfection, it alleviates to the cold and the influenza.
Active components: tannin_, draws resin from, fatty acids, eucaliptol, cineol, aldehydes and alcohol.
Useful parts: adult and dry leaves Are a tree of great bearing, whose stem is square, of grayish white crust. The piston rods are born of the stock. The glass is piramidal. The leaves are olorosas, glaucas, pendants and lanceoladas. The flowers are blanquecinas and the capsular fruits. It blooms in autumn and winter. The scent is very aromatic. It is multiplied by seed and esqueje.  

Disinfection
In order to purify the air of the premises where there is a patient, eucalyptus leaves are burned on a hot plate.  

Cold
Vapor: leaves of eucalyptus in a pot with boiled water are put, and the steam is inhaled, with the head covered with a towel.

Influenza
Decocción and infusion: 30 gr. of crumbled dry leaves good in 1 liter of boiling water. One filters and 3 cups to the day with honey are taken.

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FUMARIA
Fumaria officinalis L

Family: Fumariáceas
It fights the constipation, jaqueca and the drop
Active components: fomárico acid, tannin, protopina, potassium, resins, flavonoides.
Useful parts: flowery sumidades.
Trepadora annual plant, of green stem glauco, esbelto and ramoso. The leaves lack you stipulate, of color green-gray. The flowers, small, of pink color purple, meet in ears. Ajunio blooms of April and it is multiplied by seed and division of bush.

Constipation
Decocción: a puñadito of dry flowers in a water cup is spilled and it boils a minute, leaving in rest other 15. A cup is taken at night.  

Jaqueca
Infusion: a boiling water cup is spilled on a handful of flowers and it is left covered 15 minutes. One takes a cup in uninformed and another one when lying down.  

Drop
Cataplasm: a saquito with dry flowers fills and 1 minute submerges in 8 liters of water, boiling. It is expressed and it is applied, it warmed up well, to the sore zone.

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GATUÑA
Spinosa Ononis L

Family: Papilionáceas
It fights the reumatismo, eczemas and the ulcers.
Active components: tannin, draws resin from, starch, anonia, essential oils, anocol, saponina.
Useful parts: leaves, roots, flowers. Shrub vivaz by very long roots; she is ligneous by the base, with raised stems, ramosos and aborted branches. The leaves small and are indented and the axillary flowers, of red or pink color. The fruits, very hairy, form an ovoid vegetable. It is collected at the beginning of summer and it is multiplied by seeds. All the summer blooms.

Reumatismo
Infusion: two puñaditos by root divided in a water are spilled cup. A minute is boiled and enreposo 15 is left you make a draft. One takes a cup and another one in the morning at night, a month in spring and another one in autumn.  

Eczema
Dye: a dye with the flowers becomes and a gauze is soaked, that is applied on eczema several times.  

Ulcers
Compresa: dye of the flowers and the leaves is used, diluting 2 spoonfuls in 1/2 liter of water. A fabric gets wet and it is applied, without great force, on the ulcer, several times to the day

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IVY
Hedera helix L.

Family: Araliáceas
It fights the hypertension, reumatismo and ferina cough.
Active components: gluc6sidos, hederina, acid málico, fórmico and clorogénico, gomorresina of ivy.
Useful parts: fresh leaves and seeds. Trepadora, ligneous and perennial plant. The trunk and the branches are sarmentosas and of them they bring forth accidental roots that are taken hold with force to the walls. The leaves are coriáceas, of dark green tone, whereas the flowers are yellow and are born in umbelas. The fruit is a blackish and round, toxic berry. It blooms at the end of summer and it is multiplied by esqueje and it pegs.

Hypertension
Decocción: 5 are boiled gr. of fresh leaves and seeds with a water cup, and it leaves in rest 10 minutes. Two cups to the day are taken.

  Reumatismo
Compresa: they put l0gr of leaves in 1 liter of water, and one boils 3 minutes. One leaves in rest other 15 minutes and the compresas are prepared with I eliminate lukewarm, without expressing. Several are applied to the day.

  Ferina cough
Tisane: 5 lie down gr. of seeds in a cup with water and 7 hours are left in maceration; it is warmed up and it is taken after straining it,

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HINOJO
Foeniculum vulgare Miller

Family: Umbeliferas
It fights the bronchitis, the diarrea and the cough.
Active components: essence of hinojo, anetol, essential oil, mineral salts, anísico acid, vitamins To, B, C, sugars, proteins.
Useful parts: fresh root, leaves and fleshy part of the fruit.
Annual herbaceous plant, by fleshy root and ramoso, round stem, with blue strips. Leaves divided in lacinias long and filiform. Small flowers, of yellow color. The fruit, extended locks up several seeds. Very aromatic plant that blooms as of June. It is multiplied by seed and division of bush.

Bronchitis
Tisane: a water cup is boiled with a puñadito by root, during 2 minutes, and it is left in rest. Three cups to the day are taken, with honey.

  Diarrea
Infusion: a puñadito by root in a water cup is spilled and it is warmed up without it gets to boil. One leaves in rest minutes and three cups to the day are taken.  

Cough
Syrup: the fresh grass divides itself and the juice is expressed. It is mixed with equal amount of honey, one boils about 30 minutes and a spoonful is taken three times to the day

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