Pulmonary grass
- In the autumn we have to look at the airways, because at this time almost everyone will have a cold. When that is the only thing that satisfies us, because the most serious respiratory diseases are completely poisoned in recent times. Mutual care is an extended habit and for this we have a wide variety of medicinal plants, but each one has its peculiarities.
As its name suggests, the pulmonary herb (Pulmonaria officinalis) is used for the respiratory tract, for lung and bronchial diseases. We usually pick it up in spring and early summer, but right now we still see gorgeous leaves in the corners, so it's not a bad time to pick up and put to dry. The leaves are rough or coarse, with compact beards, dark or light green. Most leaves have a white spot and many see spots that symbolize lung disease making analogy.
In English it has several names and one is our Lady´s milk drops. The Virgin, barefoot, stepped on the leaf and drained her milk, leaving the mark of always. When religion gets into it, it tends to be to collect the value of the medicinal herb, that is, to raise it from category.
It has many mucilages and allantoña, good ingredients to expel muci and soothe irritations of the respiratory tract. Tannins are often 10% of the plant, suitable for strengthening and regenerating tissues. It contains silic acid, a type of silicon, a valuable component for hardening and strengthening weakened tissues. It also contains potassium and calcium salt which is easily absorbed by the body.
The leaves can be dried, crushed and collected in fasting infusions during the morning. If you take it all fall we strengthen the lungs and work to prevent diseases of the respiratory system.
On the contrary, if we have lung and bronchial diseases, their influence is usually better together with other medicinal plants, so today it is placed in many mixtures of medicinal plants, as it is effective to treat these diseases.
It is mixed with thyme (Thymus vulgaris), cough herb leaf (Tussilago farfara), malva (Malva sylvestris), plantain (Plantago lanceolata) and subsection flower (Sambucus nigra), all placed in the same amount. Add 250 ml of boiling water and two small tablespoons, cover in five minutes and take three times a day after meals for two or three weeks.
It is also an ideal plant for making syrup. For this we need a kilo of honey, green or fresh leaves of lung (a handful), an ecological lemon and 30 ml of propolis. In the glass bowl, mouth width and airtight, the lemon is placed with the skin, filleted. Then green pulmonary grass leaves until 1/3 of the boat is completed, up to half if desired. It is filled with honey up and kept in a temperate and dark place for forty days, for example in the kitchen closet, where it moves from time to time. Once this period has elapsed, propolia is filtered and added by mixing well. In the glass bottle in the dark will be OK for a year (out of the refrigerator).
It has no noticeable effects or counterposition. It is safe during pregnancy and lactation, as well as for children. However, the infusion should always be filtered with a paper filter, otherwise the compact and hard perches that have the rough leaves irritate the mouth and throat (and intestines).
