Description:
The verbena is a lively, slightly striking, herbaceous plant, up to one meter tall, stiff, angled, branched on its upper part, with opposite, trimmed, lanceolate and hairy leaves on its underside. . It blooms in summer; The flowers are small and violet in color. The fruits are tetrakenes.
The verbena is spread across Europe, Asia and Africa. It can be found growing spontaneously in fallow land, debris, ditches, roadsides, abandoned places, and always sheltered from the wind.
Harvest
For medicinal use, their summers are collected at the beginning of flowering (during the summer) or at the latest in autumn, preferably before the formation of the fruits begins. They are dried in the shade in a well ventilated place, if possible with natural heat, or failing that in a dryer at a maximum temperature of 40 C. They are kept in closed containers, in a dry place and protected from moisture.
Applications and properties
The verbena was already known by Romans and Greeks, who used it profusely as a sacred plant in religious ceremonies and various magical rites; It was used to prepare spells, filters and love spells, among others. The old doctors attributed all kinds of medicinal virtues; Roman soldiers wore
usually in their saddlebags verbena stems as a remedy against wounds.
It contains tannins, mucilage, saponin, mineral salts, essential oil, and two very effective glycosides from the therapeutic point of view: verbenine and verbenaline, the latter has stimulating effects of uterine contractions during childbirth.
Nowadays, after exceeding the excessive virtues attributed to this plant in the past, several very effective therapeutic properties are recognized. It is febrifuge, expectorant, sedative, antispasmodic, anti-rheumatic, anti-neuralgic, useful against headaches and migraines. It is digestive, stomach, adequate in gastric pains, purifying and antianemic; It is recognized as an excellent stimulant of metabolic exchanges. It is a good diuretic, used in kidney or liver conditions. In external applications it is used to prepare gargles and to cure dermal eruptions. It is astringent; As a bitter plant it stimulates the appetite (it is appetizer) and the secretion of gastric juices. Verbena is also known as holy herb, curalotodo or verbena and lives up to its name because it has many healing properties.
Since ancient times, it was granted magical or medicinal powers and even had several ritual uses.
The way to make verbena plaster is as follows:
- In a pan you put a teaspoon of oil.
- Pour a clove of garlic and before it browns remove the garlic.
- Remove the pan from the heat and add a tablespoon of verbenas until it browns a little.
- Then add a whipped egg white (without the yolk), curdle it like an omelet, not very made.
- Put it on a rag or canvas. Wrap it so that it does not spill and place it in the affected area by making some pressure with the bandage that you will hold as a support in the necessary time.
- That is hot, but not burn. Have it overnight or two hours and then wash the area with boiled water.
- Do it once a day for the first three days, then put alternate days for another three days and thus go spacing until you see that you are clean of the infection.
Verbena cream
It is an excellent ointment for the cure of infected or hard to remove pimples, infected wounds, herpes, varicose wounds, extraction of elements stuck under the skin ...
To apply, place on the grain or infected wound directly and cover with gauze. Let it act all night. In several applications you will remove the impurities from under the skin.
Important note: Beware, verbena is a very potent plant. Apply in very little extension of the skin, only in the area of the wound or pimple. Do not apply in large areas or mucous areas ...
I remind you that the verbena is also used in plasters on the chest, against colds and others, but improper use can even cause death . This cream is not for use as plasters on the chest. In case of doubt it is better to ask first. There may be ways to make this cream but you have to have a deep respect for mother nature when performing these processes to avoid surprises, it is necessary to be safe, this plant is very powerful .
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Verbena Officinalis
