ORCHIS (orchis mascula)

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	ORCHIS
	*orchis mascula*

Name
ORCHIS

Scientific Name
orchis mascula

ORCHIS

Other Names:

Male Orquídea

The orquídeas form the most numerous family of the vegetal kingdom, with than 20,000 species distributed everywhere more. Their beautiful flowers and their botanical peculiarities do them very looked for and appreciated. Their two underground tubercles have waked up from remote time the idea of testicles. The name of orquídeas drift of Latin orquis (testicle).

Habitat: forests of leafy trees and prairies of mountainous places of all Europe. He is original of Smaller Asia.

Description: it plants vivaz of the family of the Orquidáceas, that reaches from 15 to 30 cms. of height. Their extended leaves have spots of reddish brown color. The root is tuberosa, with two unequal tubercles.

Used parts: the tubercles.

Properties and indications: in the Arab countries a flour of tubercles of the satirión and other similar species of orquídeas is extracted, that is known like salep. The origin of this word it is necessary to look for it in the yosa Arab ataleb (fox testicles). Salep contains a 50% of mucílagos, a 25% of fécula, a 5% of proteins and a 1% of sugar. Very it is appreciated like intestinal, antidiarreico and tonificante emollient. It is recommended in the gastroenteritis, colitis and dispepsias. It is a food of election in the infantile diarreas. In the Eastern countries one occurs convalescent and the asthenic ones (debilitated and tired). The root is used. It regenerates the power. General tonic. Indicated in colitis of the tuberculosos, inflammations of vejiga and prostate, exhaustion by abuse of the marriage, etc.

Uso:el is prepared in form of tisane, papilla or soup. At the present time it comes from the Eastern countries, because the orquídeas are protected in almost all the countries of Europe.

It is used in cofoundation, four grams of the flat one by half liter of water, distributed in several cups to the day. The cofoundation with broth or milk can become.

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