ARISTOLOQUIA

Aristolochia clematitis L.
Family: Aristoloquiáceas

It fights arthritis, the drop and cures the wounds.
Active components: aristoloquina, tannin, essential, alantoina oil, hill, bitter principle.
Useful parts: root. - leaves and stock.
Vivaz is arbustillo, by tuberosa root with many raicillas, which they leave many long piston rods, of wide leaves, and in their armpits the flowers are born, of yellow carola. It grows in the edges of the ways and fields without cultivating. It blooms in spring and summer and it is collected in May.

Arthritis
Decocción: 20 lie down gr. of root in a water cup and it boils 8 minutes. A cup is taken several times to the day.

Hurt
Compresa: 30 are boiled gr. by the root crushed in a liter of water, during a minute. The humid compresa is prepared, applying it without pressing, already cooled.

Drop
Cataplasm: 20 are mixed gr. of leaves and root crushed with hot water, until forming a paste. They are applied on a fabric in the affected zone, retire after 2 minutes.

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ARNICA

Montana arnica L.
Family: Composed

She cures the contusions, the gingivitis and the cold.
Active components: tannin, essential, pigments, silicon, rubber, wax, acid ma lico, arnicina oil, ether, dimetílico.
Useful parts: dry leaves, root.
Plant vivaz of 20-60cm, yellow root by outside and blan ca on the inside. The ramifica stem and the leaves are not coriáceas, great, made oval or lanceoladas. Flowers of yellow color and the fruits have a blond vilano. It blooms of June to September and it is collected in summer.

Contusions
Compresas: a dye teaspoon is mixed of arnica with 1/2 liter of water fries the compresas are applied frequently.

Gingivitis
Gárgaras: one prepares a fresh dye with alcohol of 70º and pimpollos. One leaves in rest 7 days and one filters. A teaspoon of this dye with hot water is mixed and the mouth is rinsed.

Cold
1nfusión: 15 lie down gr. of dry leaves in a cup with boiling water. It is covered and one leaves in rest 10 minutes. Three cups to the day are taken.

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OATS

Sativa oats L.
Family: Gramíneas

It fights the neuralgias, eczemas and diarrea.
Active components: starch, lipids, prótidos, lecitina, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, sugars, amino acids, enzymes, vitamins To, B1, B2, P and D.
Useful parts: seeds and leaves.
It is an annual gramínea that grows raised, with hollow stems and flat and rough leaves; flowers grouped to pairs with espiguillas that hang, united by two glumas. The grain is locked up in a rind. The curved flowers form mazorcas. The harvesting takes place in summer.

Neuralgias
Bath: kilo of oats straw is boiled 1/2 in 2 liters of water, during 1/2 hour. It is strained and it is added to the water of the bano, to 38º C.

Eczemas
Ompresas Cs: they boil l0gr of seeds in 1/2 liter of water during a minute. Hour is left in rest 1/2 and the humid compresa and little expressed is prepared.

Diarrea
Infusion: they spill 10 gr. of leaves in a cold water cup and it is warmed up without it gets to boil. One leaves in rest 10 minutes and three cups to the day are taken.

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CAPUCHINO BEARDS

Cuscuta epithymum Murray
Family: Cuscutdceas

It fights the constipation, the flatulencia and the abscesses.
Active components: tannin, draws resin from, glucósido, enzyme and rubber.
Useful parts: root. stem, flowers and fruits.
It is a parasitic plant that has an entangled hair. The root is small and has a stem of yellow, smooth and filiform, trepador color. It lacks leaves and however it has teething rings and entre1azadas branches. The flowers, small, are pink or white, like bells. The fruit is a round capsule. It is annual plant, of weak scent and bitter flavor. It blooms in spring and summer and one reproduces by seed.

Constipation
Infusion: beard leaves are mixed the same, sen, crust of cracked sagrada and flowers of manzanilla, in a cup with boiling water and it is let rest, to take a cup in the afternoons.

Flatulencia
Infusion: 15 are crushed gr. by root and they are spilled in a boiling water cup, take two cups per day.

Abscesses
Compresa: liter of boiling water is spilled 1/2 on 20 gr. of dry or mixed flowers with leaves, one leaves in rest 20 minutes and later the compresas are prepared.

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CALENDULA

Calendula olficinalis L.
Family: Composed

It cures the forúnculos, wounded and calluses.
Active components: bitter principle, saponina, ream, essential, flavónidos, pigments, acid salicílico, carotina, calendulina oil, mucilagos, xantofila.
Useful parts: flowers and leaves.
It is annual plant with stem and knocked down branches, alternating leaves of hard teeth and yellow flowers, that are closed behind schedule to average. All the year blooms almost.

Forúnculos
Catap! asthma: liter of water is spilled 1/2 on 15 gr. of flowers, leaves in rest 3 hours and légamo retires, that is applied, warms up well, on forúnculo.

Hurt
Ointment: one expresses a fresh spoonful of juice of flowers and pimpollos, and gr. of petroleum jelly is mixed with 30. applying on the wound several times to the day.

Calluses
Compresas: 10 are spilled gr. of fresh leaves in 1/2 liter of water, and 10 minutes are boiled. A compresa of gauze with the liquid gets wet, it slips and it is placed on the callus

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CAPUCHINA

. Tropaeolum majus L.
Family: Tropeolaceas

Against the lack of appetite, the bronchitis and the cough.
Active components: glicotropeolina, greasy oil, benzilic mustard oil, vitamin C, sorbusina, antibiotic substance.

Useful parts: root, flowers and leaves.
Plant vivaz and trepadora, of twisted stems, that they grow level with earth. The leaves are of dark green color, forming shield, and the flowers have five petals of color yellow-orange, in hood form. The flavor is ardent and sharp. It blooms in spring and summer.

Lack of appetite
Decoccion: 10 are boiled gr. by root divided in a water cup, during 5 minutes. It is left in rest and hour is taken a 1/2 cup before the meals.

Bronchitis
Tisane: a water cup is boiled with 10 gr. by root divided, during 2 minutes. One leaves in rest 10 minutes and three cups to the day are taken, with honey.

Cough
Infusion: 15 are spilled gr. of dry flowers in a boiling water cup, it leaves in rest 5 minutes and several cups to the day are taken.

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