BLACK MECHOACÁN (jalapaconvolvulus jalapa)

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	BLACK MECHOACÁN
	*jalapaconvolvulus jalapa*

Name
BLACK MECHOACÁN

Scientific Name
jalapaconvolvulus jalapa

BLACK MECHOACÁN

Other Names:

Black Mechoacán, Purge

Native the Mexicans used this plant like laxative, and the Spanish conquerors took it mother country to their, from where its use by all Europe spread.

Habitat: original of Mexico, concretely of the state of Veracruz, of whose capital, Jalapa Enríquez, it takes his name.

Description: it plants trepadora of the family of the Convolvuláceas, whose stem grows enroscado around other plants. The flowers are great, they are born of the armpits of the leaves, and have pink or red color. The roots are tuberosas and round, and are full of a resinous milky juice.

Used parts: the root.

Properties and indications: the root of jalapa contains diverse carbon hydrates, and the glucósidos ones convolvulina and jalapina, that are their active principles. It has a strong laxative action, that in small doses well is tolerated, and does not produce cólicos. It is recommended when it is wanted to exert a drastic action on the intestine. Not to taste badly, he is useful to bleed the children. It also has vermifugal effect and emenagogo (it stimulates the menstruation).

Use: dust is taken from root, of 1 to 3 grams dissolved in the middle water glass hot and sweetened with 1-2 spoonfuls of honey or brown sugar. The infantile dose is of 50 milligrams (0.05 g) by kilo of corporal weight.

Precautions: not to administer it in case of colitis (inflammation of the intestine), nor during the pregnancy.

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