MEDICINAL PLANTS

The apple is one of the most famous fruit trees, probably we all enjoyed eating an apple snacks, that's the best feeling. As a tree is not a kind that highlights a lot, but delivers a fruit that certainly worthwhile. There are many varieties of apple that are distinguished by the shape of the fruit, and generally depressed umbilicated, with a bittersweet taste and a very homogeneous meat, the heart of the inner fruit is usually discarded when eaten, divided into five compartments within the which we find the seeds.

FLOWERING

The apple blossoms in spring. Their leafy branches covered in spring by a cloud of white flowers clustered in corymbs and small umbels. The part that cares for its medicinal properties in addition to their nutritional value-is the fruit, which ripens throughout the year and not because apple produces several collections per year but because there are so many varieties of tree that hardly a month passes without mature a different type than the previous month and later.

APPLICATIONS

The apple has a very diverse composition according to the caste to which he belongs and the degree of maturity. Basically it contains pectin, organic acids such as malic and citric acid, anthocyanins, tannins and quercetin. The apple, rather than medicine, is primarily a food of the first order regular consumption of this fruit is very healthy in general to the whole organism. But in addition to their nutritional properties has always been used as a mild laxative the block, and since recently also used to treat intestinal disorders in childhood. Its laxative effect is due to the presence of pectin, which confers a regulating intestinal transit, increasing the bolus and retaining water, which results in increased bowel peristalsis and normal physiological deposition. In addition, it also acts to protect the mucous membranes. Pharmacy is widely used in syrup form as a corrective of taste in drugs and also a quick solution to cure constipation in children and adults.

ADMINISTRATION

Apple cooked. An apple is chopped and cooked in water, slightly sweetened. It acts as a mild laxative, especially in children.
Apple syrup. An apple is grated and added the same weight in sugar, letting the mixture stand for one day, after which time, filtered and squeezed residue well. In some cases, add a little sin to increase the laxative effect.
Water apples. Peel an apple, cut into slices and add 10 gr. Lemon balm leaves, lemon juice and some cinnamon, mix everything and add a pint of boiling water with 2 tablespoons of honey. After 10 minutes the preparation is passed through a sieve and drink this water throughout the day. This is just a small sample of what the popular imagination gives out.

SUMMARY

FAMILY: Rosaceae
HABITAT: Cantabrian Zone
FLOWERING: Early summer
PART USED: Fruit
CASTILIAN: Manzanera
CATALAN: Pomera, pomer
BASQUE: Sagarr, sagarrando
GALICIAN: Macieira

USES

Laxative Moderate, Moderate Vulnerary, Moderate antiphlogistic.