GRASS CHICKEN (commelina coelestis)

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	GRASS CHICKEN
	*commelina coelestis*

Name
GRASS CHICKEN

Scientific Name
commelina coelestis

GRASS CHICKEN

This plant is used in some regions, mainly to stop hemorrhages, by means of the use of the leaves crushed and applied in cataplasm form. Also it serves to make a cofoundation destined to wash the affected part or to take themselves, if the case requires it. When there is external wounds, swelling by blows and hematomas, it can be applied macerated or in compresa form. It is said, in addition that the Grass of the Chicken is a good remedy for the control of the fever, and for it it is recommended to take three times to the day the cofoundation of the branches. On the other hand, the baking of this plant along with the rose of Castile, is indicated to regularize the menstruation, drinking it in the morning and at dusk.

Grass that measures up to 50 cm. of height, with fragile and knotted stems, from where they leave his leaves extended surrounding. Their flowers grow grouped, originate fruits with form of small spheres. She is herbaceous an original one of Center America and Panama, where one is in climates and tempering semiwarm. Mesófilo of mountain grows associate to the forests, encino and compound of pine.

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