If you have two cents, spend one on bread and one on a flower. The bread will give you life and the flower will give you a reason to live.
Chinese proverb
Hello community lovers of beautiful plants and gardens. Nice to be with you again to share with you the medicinal plants found in my home garden. In view of the economic situation that my country is going through many people have returned to alternative medicine because what we currently earn is not enough to buy a chicken, imagine when an illness is looming is something catastrophic because you can not buy medicines, for that reason, has returned to the ancestral medicine and in most homes began to plant plants for any health problem.
Personally, I have suffered from kidney stones and on the recommendation of a naturopathic doctor, he told me to drink plenty of water and prepare with a plant called oregano orejon and another known as the stone breaker. Therefore, I talked to a neighbor to please get me to plant and dispose when necessary. Thanks to God I was able to get and sow and today we have this miraculous plant that will help us to alleviate the pain and above all to eliminate those annoying stones.
In addition to those mentioned above, there is a very effective one called Indian reed, which is ideal for purifying the kidneys and helps to expel stones.
Another of the plants that many people come to seek to relieve pain and lower the temperature is the popular acetaminophen, in flu time this was the number one in terms of search because it helps relieve headaches among other properties
There are many other medicinal plants in the garden such as lemon balm or citronella that we use for common colds or when there are stomach problems, also to reduce stress and anxiety.
Currently my mother suffers from cervicobrachialgia, very strong pains in the arm, chest and back, and to relieve the inflammation of her muscles she is preparing a tea of arnica and liberator. She drinks a cup a day and with the rest she pours it on the affected area. In addition, we have a little known plant that many are already looking for which is used to repair and glue fractured bones, it is called suelda con suelda.
Finally, the queen of all and the one that could not miss in the garden is the aloe, is one of the most sought after to prepare all kinds of syrup.
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All images are my own, dividers courtesy of @kattycrochet.
Todas las imágenes son de mi autoría, divisores cortesía de @kattycrochet.