PALUSTRE (apioapium graveolens)

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	PALUSTRE
	*apioapium graveolens*

Name
PALUSTRE

Scientific Name
apioapium graveolens

PALUSTRE

Other Names:

Palustre, Panul

It is essential ingredient in all the broths and depurativas prescriptions, along with the onion, ortiga, col and the lemon. The extracted oil of the seeds and the root, has fame of being afrodisíaco.

Habitat: the wild is own of salitrosos lands of the coasts of Europe. Cultivated anywhere in the world.

Description: it plants biennial of the family of the Umbelíferas, that reaches from 30 to 90 cms. of height. He is easily reconocible by his raised and channeled stem, its leaves of dark green color and their peculiar aroma.

Used parts: the leaves, the root and the fruits.

Properties and indications: all the plant contains an essential oil that acts on the kidneys, glucoquininas, glucósido (apiína) cumarina, and oleorresina, in addition to nitrogenadas substances and vitamins B and C. These are their properties:

Purifying Diurético and: it favors the elimination of tinkles, and with her, the one of toxic remainders of the metabolism, like the urea and úrico acid. Font Quer says that "makes piss to most obstinate". It agrees to that they suffer some degree of renal insufficiency, drop or arthritism, as well as upon case of urinary litiasis (stones in the kidney). In addition, he is slightly febrífugo.

Appetizer and tonificante: it communicates a sensation of well-being and vitality. The celery juice is very useful like general and remineralizante tonificante, associated to carrot, tomato juice and lemon. It agrees to that they suffer exhaustion or nervous depression.

Use: in salads the leaves and the stems together take crude with other vegetables and also crude vegetables. Along with the onion, is component fundamental of all type of purifying broths, which are elaborated boiling them with diverse seeing hard and vegetables. It is prepared in infusion with 5-10 grams of fruits by water cup; one is taken after each food. Also in decocción with 40 grams by root by liter of water; daily cups interfere 2-3. Fresh juice of the leaves and the stems, obtained in mixer; their diuréticos and purifying effects are harnessed mixing it with lemon juice.

Precautions: the pregnant women must avoid the celery, since she can cause uterine contractions.

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