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Taste to be here again, with a good class from the Easy Cooking School, today with a health theme, I want to present you a TE that will do wonders in your life, and in your children, hoping that this class really is very profitable for everyone in general.
How to relieve the general malaise of influenza, from your child with a TE prepared at home.
Santa maria grass: medicinal properties
The feverfew is a perennial plant that belongs to the family of daisies (Asteraceae or Compositae) that can reach up to 60 cm in height. The stems are rigid, gathered and very branched. The leaves are bright green, hairless and alternating.
Botanical name: Tanacetum parthenium.
Other common names: Gamazón, altamira grass, Santa María grass, holy grass, double mother grass, fragrant madrehuela, rhosea madrehuela, magarsa, magarza, magarza amarilla, magarzuela, chamomile, chamomile botonera, chamomile brava, manzanillo, manzanillón, margaza, matricaria, matronaria, pelitre, Santa María blanca, yerba de Santa María. And in Aztec: iztactzapotl, cochitzapotl.
Habitat: Feverfew is native to southeastern Europe, but is found throughout Europe, Australia and North America today.
This herbaceous plant prefers a rich and well-drained soil, with a clay, rigid character for it.
Used parts of the santa maría plant:
All aerial parts of the plant can be used for medicinal purposes. Dry leaves are the most commonly used parts.
It should be noted that when the plant dries it may lose part or most of its medicinal effect so that when it is intended as a medicinal plant fresh leaves or should prefer standardized preparations.
Therapeutic uses, benefits and claims of feverfew
Active ingredient and Substances:
Santa Maria contains sesquiterpene lactones (mainly parthenolide), flavonoids, essential oils, pyrethrins and tannins. The concentration of parthenolide varies widely and depends on the geographical origin of the plant, the time of harvest, drying and storage.
For headache and migraine
The herb Santa Maria owes its name to the traditional use for the treatment of fevers by lowering the temperature and helping the fever to "break". And because the plant also had the reputation of being an effective remedy for headache and migraine, scientists believe that the substances found in the herb can act in a similar way to aspirin.
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As we could study, the branch of Santa Maria, is a very complete medicinal herb, according to studies made to this plant, compared with the healing power of aspirin and that is why, it serves to cure and relieve congestion of the flu, fever and headache.
Preparing this TE, you will always be at home to solve the discomfort of your child if he feels bad.
Its taste and smell are really great, very nice to the palate, that means that your child would like it and not reject it, because we know children do not like to take any type of infusion, but this one if they would like it.
I invite you to follow the step by step and see the three simple ingredients that we will use to prepare this wonderful TE.
Ingredients:
- Hierva de Santa Maria
- lemon
- Honey
- First step: we remove the leaves from the branches, wash them and remove the dirt they may have.
- We put enough water in a pot and add the leaves that we have washed well, cover and let boil for a few minutes.
- Once it has boiled, we lower it from the stove and pass it through a sieve to remove the leaves.
- And finally we will add to this wonderful tea, two tablespoons of honey and juice of half lemon.
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