Throughout history, to the laurel tie religious meaning to the triumph has been conferred him. Greek mythology I consecrate it to Apolo, God of the health and the medicine. With laurel the Roman emperors and the winners in matches and battles were crowned. With palms and branches of laurel Jesus Christ in his entrance in Jerusalem was acclaimed, and to commemorate this episode the world. Christian has instituted the Domingo de Ramos, in which they bless themselves you slide and laurels.
Laurel is related with trees so diverse as cinnamon-coloured (tree of that the cinnamon is extracted), the alcanforero (producing of camphor) or the avocado.
USES And APPLICATIONS: It can be taken, like aperitive tonic to stimulate the appetite (before the meals) or like stomach (after the meals), a tacita of infusion done with 2 or 3 dry leaves. Nevertheless, in all the corners of the world the qualities take advantage of the laurel using it like integral part of the meals. Form leaves from denominated bouquet garni, ramillete made up of laurel, thyme, oregano and parsley, used to perfume stews. Also it breaks the insipidity of a boiled food: fish, rice or espaguetis the boiled with one or two leaves of laurel, a onion and a chorrito of more tempting oil become male. In order to cause the menstruation when this one is delayed, it can take three times to the day, after the meals, one cotoots of wine of laurel and juniper, prepared macerating during nine days 100 grams of fruits of laurel and juniper, to equal breads, in a liter of red wine. The laurel oil can be extracted boiling the fruits (started off) and, in hot, crushing them to extract the juice. When leaving it in rest, the oil will form a layer on the water: with this greasy layer the abdomen can rub to calm the pains caused by a heavy digestion, rubbing the skin of the domestic animals with laurel leaves eliminate the parasites, it is recommended like antiinflammatory in contusions or breakups. The leaves and the berries of the laurel are used all over the planet by their digestive and culinarias curativas properties.
The essential oil produces antiseptic, expectorante, carminativo and espasmolítico an effect. Lactonas sesquiterpénicas (bitter principle) presents/displays in addition a stimulating action to the appetite, digestive and colagoga. The essential oil, in topical use, is pediculicida and rubefaciente. Popularly also it was used like emenagogo and antihemorroidal. Another property of the laurel, in our days scorned but long ago very well-known and applied, is its capacity to facilitate the menstruation. The oil of the seeds eliminates the external parasites (of the skin and the hairy leather) and attenuates the abdominal pains.
Topically: estomatitis, faringitis, sinusitis; the obtained oil of the fruits ("manteca of laurel"), in inflammations osteoarticulares and pediculosis.
Contraindications
Except for express indication, we recommended to abstain to internally prescribe essential oils during the pregnancy, the lactancia, to smaller children of six years or gastroduodenales patients with gastritis, ulcers, syndrome of the null and voidable intestine, ulcerosa colitis, neurological disease of Crohn, hepatopatías, epilepsy, Parkinson or other diseases.
Not to administer, neither to apply topically to smaller children of six years nor to people with respiratory allergies or well-known hypersensitivity to this one or other essential oils.
Indirect effect
Due to lactonas (alpha-metile'n-gamma-butiro-sesquiterpenlactonas) the laurel is, after the balsam of Peru, the plant that with more frequency produces dermatitis of contact and phenomena of fotosensibilización.
Gastritis, gastroduodenal ulcer (to see precautions).
Precaution/Poisonings
The essential oil and the plans of alkaloids, can exert a toxic effect on the nervous system. The greater danger derives from its confusion with the laurel-cherry tree, that contains abundant heterósidos cianogénicos.
Due to the presence of lactonas and tannins, the concentrated infusions can produce an irritation of the gastric mucosa.
Galénicas Forms/Dosage
Internal use:
- nourishing Use, like condimento.
- Infusion: 3 or 4 leaves by cup. To instill 10 minutes. Two or three cups to the day, before or after the meals.
- It tinctures (1:10): 30 drops, three times to the day.
- essential Oil: 2-4 drops, twice to the day.
Topical use:
- Decocción: 5 leaves by cup, to boil 3 minutes. To use in form of colutorios, garglings or compresas on the forehead (sinusitis).
- Oil, alcoholaturo of Fioravanti: like topical or parasiticida antirheumatic.
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