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Echinacea has been called the subname of “antibiotic vegetable.” Medical experience shows a clear activity in bacterial and viral diseases; however, the term antibiotic is misused, as this plant does not directly kill the bacteria as an antibiotic factor. Its activity is explained by a stimulation of the immune system.
Therapeutic benefits of echinacea
Treats colds and flu, reducing the symptoms of these conditions. Prevents vaginal yeast infections. Topical use of echinacea in combination with specific medicinal creams reduces the recurrence of infection. It helps to treat urinary tract infections. Echinacea works by reducing inflammation and stimulating the immune system.
Juniper against viruses: An ancient custom was to take two drops of oil of this plant to massage the body or add it to the bathroom in the same amount. This stimulates the body’s defenses and acts as a preventative against influenza. Do not use if pregnant, nursing, kidney problems and in children under six years.
Let’s defense strategy.
For that we need an ally well known: garlic.
It’s called natural pharmacy. Its benefits are the same whether we eat chopped salad, or if you are inspired once crushed.
We also need to supplement a good diet based on oranges, kiwis, currants, raspberries and green leafy vegetables provide vitamin C us for our body to relieve the symptoms.
We can boil a teaspoon of ginger in a cup of water, it clears the airways. Drink green tea, because it helps control the virus. If you have a fever, the lemon down. You have to drink half lemon juice with all hot and a little honey. This will also help your throat. For cough, you have to cut six white onions and put in a water bath with ½ cup honey clara.Tapalo, Simmer for two hours and hot cuélalo.Tomalo at regular intervals. Chew some pure licorice will also relieve the cough.
The hands have to have them always very clean, thus avoiding the transmission of virus. Home remedies for the flu. Avoid handkerchiefs, transmit many germenes.Mejor use paper tissues after use discard … Adequate ventilation. Ventilate your home or workplace every three or four hours. Sheets and towels changed daily sick. Pacifiers clean, as they are one of the main vehicles of transmission. A good ozone generator will kill any virus in minutes.
In a previous article I spoke of the essential oil of juniper, a medicinal herb that, among other things, positively help in addressing and combating cellulite (tricks against cellulite).
In addition to this virtue or principal benefit, juniper also helps in preventing the onset of cramps, sprains, rheumatism and other muscular problems.
Of course, in addition to enjoying this ancient herb with essential oils, we can do through a delicious and wonderful infusion of juniper (in fact, there are a variety of teas for health).
We explain how to produce it and what are the steps in this regard.
Juniper infusion: how to
Main Ingredients
* 40 g. juniper berries
* 1 liter of water
Steps to prepare the infusion of juniper
1. Pica juniper berries.
2. Add water to a saucepan and bring to a boil.
3. When the water has boiled, add the juniper and turn off the heat.
4. Finally, let it sit for fifteen minutes, tightly covered, and strain.
Infusion of hawthorn
Some time ago I talked about the different benefits of hawthorn, a medicinal plant certainly ideal in cases of insomnia, nervousness and anxiety.
Not surprisingly, it is a shrub that, in addition, it is interesting as a tonic both the heart and circulatory system. Not for nothing is traditionally recognized virtues properties and normalizing blood pressure.
One of the great ways to enjoy its therapeutic virtues, is from the infusion of hawthorn (infusions for health). We explain how to develop, step by step.
Infusion of hawthorn
Main Ingredients
* 1 teaspoon of hawthorn flowers
* 1 cup water
Steps to prepare the infusion of hawthorn
1. Put water in a pot and bring to boil.
2. When it boils, turn off the heat and add the teaspoon of hawthorn flowers.
3. Cover the pan and let sit about five minutes.
4. Finally Strain and sweeten to taste (although it is preferable to take unsweetened).
properties of burdock
Burdock plant is certainly common in our day to day, and more particularly in the where we live. In fact, surely in the place you live there is a garden or field where you find it.
It is a plant that stands out because it has large leaves, which in its first year of life, especially, tend to grow in a rosette.
It is also a medicinal plant, a very long time, has been widely used by the various features and benefits it provides, especially if taken as an infusion (tea for health).
Learn about the different benefits of burdock found in this interesting plant.
Benefits and properties of burdock
* Rich in vitamins and minerals, especially B group vitamins
* Useful in cases of rheumatism.
* Recommended in cases of fluid retention.
* Helps lower high blood pressure levels.
* Cares for and protects the liver (known how to debug the liver) and gallbladder.
* Helps to reduce excessive levels of uric acid.
* Purifies the body, making it ideal in diuretic plants.
The Agaricus mushroom is toxic containing hallucinogenic principles, and has large low-dose sedative properties, but should be consumed carefully because too much can be lethal. Its use in alternative medicine such as homeopathy, is the only use to which it confers, and applies to nervous states of anxiety, insecurity or fear, trembling, itching and twitching.
It is commonly known by the name of false oronja heron, and grows in dry forests in summer, in ancient times used it as a hallucinogen, to connect with the world of spirits and increase strength and endurance of human beings . To prepare, the cap is used dry, the fresh fungus carefully and then crushed to a paste, soak it in alcohol, and filtered and diluted for use.
It is applied in disorders of the nervous system, symptoms of contractions and muscle spasms caused by neurological disorders such as dementia or multiple sclerosis. It is also used in Parkinson’s disease, in cases of hypochondriasis, anxiety and fears. Read the rest of this entry »