The herbs are different plants or plant of different species, which according to their chemical structure and structural composition can exert curative solutions for various lesions of the organism possibly present humans, diseases such as digestive problems, skin lesions, respiratory problems, as well as they can also be used for the problems of insomnia and restlessness.
The best part of using medicinal herbs is that they do not need special preparation or difficult execution, on the other hand, being herbs, it is not difficult to have access to them, since they are a gift that mother nature has offered. The list of these healing plants is very long, encompassing an approximate total of 203 plants with medicinal functions, among the most common we can mention:
- Cayenne: is a flower belonging to the Marvaceas family, this plant exerts healing solutions in case of skin lesions (wounds) and improves the digestion process when it is consumed in the form of tea infusions by mouth, however it can trigger adverse effects, an effect that can be mentioned is intestinal submucosal fibrosis if it is consumed very frequently since it turns out to be very irritating, the same reason why it is not consumed when the patient presents with gastritis or gastroduodenal ulcers.
- Dandelion: it is a fleshy plant with a whitish color of hollow stems and without leaves around it, it is used as a stimulant of the secretions originating from the liver, it is also a stimulant of the intestinal walls serving as a laxative, among the therapeutic uses relief from gallstones can be highlighted.
- Eucalyptus: this type of plant is used for more than all respiratory problems such as colds, pharyngitis, bronchitis and asthma, it can also be used as an expectorant, however it can present different adverse effects such as gastroenteritis, hematuria (presence of red blood cells urine), tachycardia and headache (headache).
- Epazote: it is a plant that is not only used in the medicinal field but is also used in culinary science, the parts that are used of this plant are the leaves, stems and their seeds, its therapeutic use includes neurological pathologies such as nervousness or excessive hysteria, it is also used in the gastrointestinal tract to solve problems such as diarrhea and intestinal malabsorption and has parasiticidal characteristics as it favors the elimination of intestinal parasites.
