LILY (azucena lilium candidum)

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	LILY
	*azucena lilium candidum*

Name
LILY

Scientific Name
azucena lilium candidum

LILY

The lily is a pretty herbaceous plant with a escamoso, great and white bulb; its stem usually does not surpass the meter of height and all it appears covered of leaves, extended in winch and raised others, with lanceolada form and barely undulated in the edges. The flowers form ramillete terminal and are of white color. This plant is characterized mainly by its intense aroma that even gets to embriagar, at night

One preferredly grows up in gardens and flowerpots, because it is not a native plant but that it comes to us from the Next East. Normally a ornamental use occurs him.

This aromatic plant blooms of May in ahead. For medicinal use the bulb is used along with the oil that is extracted of him. This bulb can be used as much fresh as dried.

The composition of the lily well little it is known. What it is known by its study is that of epidermis of the grudges bulbares can be extracted an oil whose composition is not defined. Perhaps the reason that it has not been studied in depth is that from very old the use that occurred to this plant he was purely ornamental. For that reason it is not difficult to think that a little neglected the study of their composition. Popularly it has been used like emollient, antieczematosa and diurética.

In some old books it was sent to prepare the oil of lily with the same flowers of the plant (deprived of estambres) and with a little olive oil. All it in maceration during 3 days, last which were due to extract the flowers and to add other new ones. This operation was due to repeat 3 times, obtaining to the aim the authentic oil of azuceno that was employee to cure burns, ulcers, grains, eczemas and in general, any disease of the skin.

In fact it is not a plant that nowadays is very well-known by their virtues; but like other many, it comprises of old traditions and it must be including in treaties on medicinal plants. In addition, perhaps at some future date - when it is deepened in its study is possible to find some virtue not known; or at least, to verify some property of which already they are attributed to him. In addition to the supposed curativas properties, the lily has some applications in the field of the cosmetic one: it has been verified which in the bulb certain extracts with high bioactivante power exist, used to regenerate the skin. Of which the smaller doubt does not fit is of than, within the field of the horticulture, she is one of the most beautiful plants of the nature.

Cataplasm: A lily bulb is due to collect and, after cleaning it with water well, it roasts on ashes. Once roasted, it is cut in rodajas and it is applied in hot on panadizos, warts and forúnculos.

Oil: As we have detailed in the applications, this oil can be used to cure ulcers, abscesses, contusions, etc.

Infusion prepares an infusion of 3 gr.. of bulb in 100 mililiter of boiling water. This tisane thus prepared has diuréticos effects.

Antieczematoso. Diurético. Emollient.

LILY

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