JUNÍPERO (enebrojuniperus comminus)

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	JUNÍPERO
	*enebrojuniperus comminus*

Name
JUNÍPERO

Scientific Name
enebrojuniperus comminus

JUNÍPERO

Other Names:

Junípero, Nebro

Dioscórides, that lived in century I d.C., already knew the properties medicinal the fruits of the juniper, that of course, are used more for enough than to perfume spirits.

Habitat: common in stony lands and mountainous forests of all Europe. Naturalized in the American continent.

Description: shrub of the family of the Cupresáceas, that reaches of 1 to 3 m.s of height. Their leaves are perennial, short and sharp. Their fruits, the enebrinas, are small balls of blue or black color, of sweet and resinous flavor.

Used parts: the fruits.

Properties and indications: the whole plant, and the berries in individual, contain a rich essential oil in terpenos. The berries contain, in addition glucose, draws resin from, organic acids and juniprina (glucósido bitter). The enebrinas have the following properties:

Diuréticas: the essential oil of the juniper has the effect to increase the filtration to glomerular in the kidneys, and with it the production of tinkles. Nevertheless, great doses of juniper taken from continued form force the capacity of filtration of the kidney, and can get to produce nefritis. The use of the juniper is indicated in cases of edemas by insufficiency cardiac, and like purifying eliminating the excess of úrico acid.

Expectorantes and antiseptic bronchial: because the essence is eliminated in good part by the lungs, the enebrinas have been used like complementary treatment in all type of rough-pulmonary infections, even in the tuberculosis.

Aperitive, tonificantes of the stomach and carminativas.

Emenagogas: they cause a greater contribution of blood towards the genital organs. Therefore, the enebrinas are indicated in cases of little or painful rule.

Revulsivas: applied externally in frictions, the essence of juniper in alcoholic dissolution calms the pains the reumatismo and the artrosis.

Use: the mature enebrinas can be swallowed whole as a pills, 6 after each food, 3 daily times. In infusion of 30 grams of enebrinas by liter of water; to take daily up to 3 cups. Essence: 2 drops, 3 times to the day interfere. Externally, frictions of essence dissolved in alcohol, 20 to 30 drops of essence by each 100 mililiter of alcohol.

Precautions: its use in case of pregnancy and nefritis advises against, because in high doses they can produce albuminuria (albumen emission, a type of protein, with tinkles it).

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