BEAN

Phaseolus vulgaris L
Family: Papilionáceas
It fights the arterioesclerosis, the reumatismo and the urea.
Active components: nitrogenadas matters, faseolina, fasol, fats, hill, lisina, trigonelina, vitamins To, B, C
Useful parts: case and seeds. It is annual herbaceous plant, of endeble stem and great leaves. The flowers are white, growing in axillary groups. The fruit is a squashed case that finishes in two ends, with several seeds inside, of arriñonada form. It blooms as of May and it is multiplied by seed.  

Arterioesclerosis
Infusion: a water cup is spilled on 10 gr. of dry cases and 1 minute is boiled. It is let rest other 10. It is necessary to take from two to three cups to the day during a pair of weeks.  

Reumatismo
Decocción: liter of water is spilled 1/2 on 10 gr. of dry leaves and hour is left in 1/2 maceration. One boils 5 minutes later, it is strained and three cups to the day are taken.

Urea
Infusion: 5 lie down gr. of dry cases in a water cup and it boils 2 minutes. It is strained and a cup is taken three times to the day.

ORDINARY USE  

LAUREL

Laurus nobilis L.
Family: Lauráceas
It fights the reumatismo, the fatigue, and facilitates the digestion.
Active components: volatile oil with cineol, tannin, geraniol, linalol, bitter principle.
Useful parts: leaves and berries. It is an evergreen, with a stem lampiño of smooth and black crust, coriáceas leaves of dark green color. The flowers, of target-yellowish color, are grouped in formation axillary. The fruit is a blackish berry. It blooms in spring and it is multiplied by esqueje and seed.

Reumatismo
Bath: 2 minutes lie down 20 gr. of dry leaves in 5 Titros of water, boiling. It is left in rest, is strained and it is added to the water of the bath, that will last 15 minutes, 38º C. Must take three weekly baths.

  Digestion
Infusion: gr. of dry leaves is prepared spilling a boiling water cup on 15. It is covered and it is left in rest. A cup is taken after each food.  

Fatigue
Decocción: 10 lie down gr. of dry leaves in a water cup, it is put to boil 5 minutes and it is left in rest. Three cups to the day are taken.

ORDINARY USE    

LETTUCE

Scariola Lactuca L.
Family: Composed asteráceas  
She fights the insomnia and the cough.
Active components: bitter principles, lactupicrina, glucoquininas, volatile oil, iron, vitamins B1 and B6, C and provitamin A.
Useful parts: the leaves. It is a cultivated herbaceous plant, of 40 to 60 cm of height, dog radial, soft, nervous, whole or sawed leaves great. It blooms in spring with flowers in many small heads and yellow petals. The fruit is dry with a single seed.    

  Insomnia
Decoccion: Lettuce in 1/4 of liter of water is boiled during 5 1/2 minutes. It is let warm up, filters, it is sweetened slightly and one drinks half an hour before lying down.  

Cough
Cocimiento: 50 are boiled gr. of lettuce during 10 minutes in 3 dl. of water. Sugar gr. of or honey is added to 100. It is let cool, and it is strained within a bottle. Two or three hot cups are taken during the day.

    ORDINARY USE

LEMON TREE

Citrus lemon L Family: Rutáceas    
It cures the estomatitis, the reumatismo and the wounds.
Active components: essence of lemon, citric, acid acid acetic, sugars, glúcidos, mineral, oligoelementos, pécticas matters, citratos vitamins C and P, salts of potassium and calcium.
Useful parts: the fruits and the leaves. Citric, green and flowery tree. Their leaves are great and coriáceas_, with a thorn in the base, bright and pecioladas. The flowers are slightly pink and white. It blooms in spring. Seed or graft of escudete is multiplied by. The fruit is the classic lemon.

Estomatitis
1 lemon in a water glass tempered With the obtained juice is expressed will become rinsings several times to the day.  

Reumatismo
Juice: in 1/2 water glass 3 lemons are expressed and the liquid in uninformed is taken. This treatment will last 10 days, followed of an interruption of one week, after which the treatment will be started again.

  Hurt
A bandage or sticking plaster must be cleaned with lemon juice, applying later.

ORDINARY USE

LICHEN OF ICELAND

Islandica Cetraria L.
Family: Parmeliáceas
It fights the cold, the diarrea and the asthma.
Active components: mucilago, bitter liquénicos acids, acid ursínico, enzymes, iodine, vitaminasA, B, B2, cetrarina.
Useful parts: all the plant. Plant that offers a series of shrubs of 10 cm, fixed to the ground by small roots. Branches in bracket form. The stem is raised and divided in flat laminae, of green color olive. All the plant at the end of summer is taken and it is dried to the air.  

Cold
Tisane: 15 are boiled gr. of lichen with 1 liter of water. This first water is thrown, because its flavor is very bitter. The water lichen washes itself and it becomes to put to boil with sufficient water for a liter of tisane; one filters, it is sweetened and teaspoons are taken during three days

Diarrea
Tea: two teaspoons of lichen in 1/4 of liter of water are put. It is boiled to low fire and it is strained. Three cups to the day are taken.  

Asthma
Infusion: 25 are boiled gr. of lichen in 1 liter of water. It is strained, it is sweetened and three cups to the day are taken.  

Ordinary use