ARACEJO (berberis vulgaris l)

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	ARACEJO
	*berberis vulgaris l*

Name
ARACEJO

Scientific Name
berberis vulgaris l

ARACEJO

Castilian: Agracejo, agracillo, agrito, acetín, agrazón, vinagrera (vinegreto, in It wins), berberis, berberiles, bérbero, alarguiz, alarguez, alguese, ar it, arlera, alro.

English: barberry.

This medicinal plant is recommended in the composition of diverse refrescantes drinks, aperitive jams and medicinal wines. Their leaves are a smooth laxative in infusion form.

Preparation:

In infusion or tea, cofoundation, dyes, dusts of crust, hidroalcohólico dry extract, wines and compotas.

Harvesting:

The fruits once have matured, the tender leaves, the root when the plant or has given its fruits and these are or very mature.

METERING:

INFUSION

To put a teaspoon of crust in a volume equivalent to a cold water cup and to take it to boiling. To leave during 10-15 minutes. To take three times to the day

DYE

To take 2-4 mililiter three times to the day

- 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.

Flowering:

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 50º C.

Common Uses:

Colerético, Antipyretic, Laxative, In you congest hepatobiliares, colelitiasis, colecistitis, retention of liquids and of it tinkles, stimulation of the biliary secretion, morfínicas drug release, to lower the high, malaria arterial tension, tripanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, faringitis (external route), irritation of mouth, constipation and lack of appetite (compota came or).

Contraindications:

If renales infections exist it does not have never to be used.

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