Agracejo is a zarzoso shrub that can almost reach the three meters of height. It belongs to the family of the berberidáceas, who understands not more than 150 species, distributed by climate countries temperings. It is a plant very spread in slopes and cols of mountains of the Iberian Peninsula, being specially abundant in the mountain ranges that separate Aragón of Valencia and in the mountainous area of River basin; peculiarly, towards the West its presence is become more and more little and in Portugal as soon as it is.
The plant blooms in May and June. It mainly interests the root (crust), the leaves and the fruits. Once taken the crust, it is cleaned, it dried - even the sun and the residual humidity in dryers is eliminated, to temperatures that do not exceed 50ºC.
All the plant, excepting the fruit, contains a high percentage of alkaloids. Most abundant it is the berberina, along with the berbamina and the magnoflorina. In the fruits we found diverse sugars, citric, tartárico acid and rubber. The alkaloids of the plant are potentially toxic and for that reason it is necessary to carry far the precautions when this plant is used.
The berberina is a tonic of bitter flavor with important aperitive and coleréticas actions; the other alkaloids also have hypotensile actions, colagogas and antipiréticas; the fruits are refrescantes and have a light one to be able laxative. They are possible to be consumed fresh, in conserve or dry. Structurally, the berberina is resembled morphine - the most important alkaloid of the opium and the actions that exert are similar, although nonequal.
Dioscórides did not treat this plant, or because it did not find it in his long trips, or because it considered it devoid of therapeutic interest; but she appears described by other authors who already attributed antipiréticas properties to him.
Decocción: 50 gr.. of leaves of agracejo in a liter of water; one stays minutes and it is let cool. It is possible to be drunk during the day, so that it sends the fever. Also it is possible to be used like intestinal refrescante, preparing the infusion of the same form and with the same metering.
Fluid extract: It agrees not to use it if it is not under medical prescription. The approximate dose is 10-15 drops 2 times to the day, although he is the doctor who must dose it. In the same way we can find the extract dry.
Syrup: With the mature fruits a refrescante syrup is prepared, of bittersweet flavor. For it the mature fruits are pressed until extracting all the juice; it is strained and one adds to the part of the juice other 2 parts of sugar. It is bottled and it is conserved once in a while in fresh place during 2 weeks, removing it. With this syrup exquisite refreshments of an attractive red color can be prepared.
Colerético. Antipyretic. Laxative
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