REED (caña común arundo donax)

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	*caña común arundo donax*

Name
REED

Scientific Name
caña común arundo donax

REED

Other Names:

Reed, Guajana, Broad

Dioscórides, the great doctor and Greek botanist of the first century of ours was, already recommended the use of the cane to increase the production of tinkles. Possibly, in the classic antiquity, it began to use with this aim by the fact that it grows up near the water obstacles.

Habitat: common in the borders of rivers and drains of Mediterranean Europe. Extended by all the American continent.

Description: it plants of the family of the Gramíneas that reaches up to 5 ms of height. It is distinguished of the bamboo because each knot it leaves an only leaf.

Used parts: rizoma (underground stem) and the root.

Properties and indications: rizoma (underground stem) and the root of the common cane, contains a sugar (saccharose) and abundant composed of silica. Their two more important properties are:

Diurética: it produces a moderate increase of the production of tinkles, favoring the elimination of the urea, úrico acid and of other substances of remainder. It agrees to that they suffer renales cólicos and also whoever to carry out one it cures purifying.

Galactófaga: seizure during days, stops the milk production in the mothers who lactan. He is useful for that for some reason they wish to wean his suckling babies.

Use: decocción with rizoma or the root of the fragment cane cut or crushed, at the rate of 50 grams by liter of water; to boil during 15 minutes and to take from 2 to 4 daily cups.

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