MEDICINAL PLANTS

Fine Ephedra is a plant that grows as kills. Can reach one meter in height. At its top, this shrub is much branched. Its branches are very thin and have a characteristic light green, take your knuckles a couple of leaves on each side which are membranous and form a kind of very small glass. The leaves are very small, making it difficult to appreciate. It breeds in warm, mainly on cliffs and hills. Can be found in most of the Iberian Peninsula.

FLOWERING

Ephedra fine flowers in the spring months. The seeds ripen from May. During the time of flowering, in ephedra male flowers appear very small, with six stamens each. In flowers there are leaves that have a flower in her armpit. The female flowers of ephedra are similar, there is only one or two per bunch and they have three pairs of leaves around it. These leaves are very small and are placed in opposite ways. The upper leaves are characterized by a color change in the time of maturity: they become red due to the massive influx of juices. It mainly collects the stem, to use it on a home. If the plant is collected in autumn may contain 1.5% alkaloids, if done in spring, barely contained.

APPLICATIONS

This plant is a drug whose main component is ephedrine, a substance very similar to adrenaline, a hormone animal. Sometimes it is used as a substitute for it, but nevertheless there are some differences between them. Other components of ephedra are fine pseudoephedrine and metilpseudoefedrina methylephedrine. Ephedrine is very active and produces the narrowing of blood vessels. The action of this component is not modified in the digestive system, so it is acceptable for oral It is not advisable to use the plant in a home due to its effects. But this does not prevent their use in medicine. Anyway, it is natural cook young stems of ephedra use fine in cases of rheumatism or asthma. Tion. It is also capable of dilating the pupil, a property shared by other plants of the same family.

ADMINISTRATION

It is not advisable to use the plant in a home due to its effects. But this does not prevent their use in medicine. Anyway, it is natural cook young stems of ephedra use fine in cases of rheumatism or asthma.

SUMMARY

FAMILY: Efedraceas
HABITAT: Calcareous rocks
FLOWERING: Spring
PART USED: Aerial parts

USES

Toxic Strong, Fort Hipotensor, Moderate antiasthmatic.