HAWTHORN HEDIONDO (espino cerval rhamnus cathartica)

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	HAWTHORN HEDIONDO
	*espino cerval rhamnus cathartica*

Name
HAWTHORN HEDIONDO

Scientific Name
espino cerval rhamnus cathartica

HAWTHORN HEDIONDO

Other Names:

Cambrón, Carrasquilla, Cervispina, Hediondo Hawthorn, Bloodthirsty Minor

From century XI they are documented the effects on the intestine of this plant, that also is used in veterinary medicine to bleed the animals.

Habitat: original of northern Asia. One is spread by forests and mountainous regions of Europe and America.

Description: thorny shrub of the family of the Ramnáceas, that reaches of 3 to 5 ms of height. Their flowers are small, greenish, with 4 petals each one. The fruits are black and fleshy berries, with 3 or 4 seeds everyone.

Used parts: the fruits.

Properties and indications: the fruits of the cervine hawthorn rich in are glucósidos antraquinónicos, to which it must his energetic laxative action (cathartic), that according to the eminent botanist Font Quer "never fails". There is not one who resists without evacuating, after to have ingested a few fruits of cervine hawthorn. Also they provide certain diurético effect. They are administered like helping in treatment antihelmínticos, with the purpose of favoring the expulsion of the worms.

Use: a handful of mature fruits is pressed, and from the obtained juice, that can be sweetened with honey or sugar, soperas 2 or 3 are taken in the morning cu- charadas. In syrup, that is obtained adding to the fresh juice its same weight in sugar, and boiling to untimed fire until one thickens; to take from 3 to 6 daily spoonfuls.

Precautions: one is due to use wisely, that is to say, to low doses, because in great amounts retortijones can cause forts, vomits, and even intestinal hemorrhages.

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