Scientific name:Plantago major

Family: Plantaginaceae

Origin: Europe, Americas and Asia

Medicinal use: Among the healing properties of plantain we find its ability to treat urinary infections, bronchitis, colds, hemorrhoids and also acts as an anti-inflammatory and to heal skin and eye irritations. The best known property of this plant is to cure colds and flu, relieving its symptoms quickly. It is also useful to heal chronic bronchitis, it acts on coughs, sinusitis and asthma, obtaining health benefits.

Scientific name: Lavandula dentata

Family: Lamiaceae

Origin: Mediterranean

Medicinal use: Lavandula dentata is one of the most interesting lavender species for use in public or private gardening. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant or to obtain perfume. In Murcia it is used in popular medicine to cure stomach and kidney ailments. It also has antispasmodic, antiseptic and tonic properties.

Scientific name: Kalanchoe laetivirens

Family: Crassulaceae

Origin: Madagascar

Medicinal use: Kalanchoe are plants whose effects are felt globally inside the body, so they have a wide field of action. They have been used by traditional medicine on several continents to reduce the effects of various pathologies among which are: ailments and injuries that cause cell damage (such as cancer), deep wounds and gangrene, burns and infections, abscesses and tumors.

Scientific name: Quassia amara

Family: Simaroubaceae

Origin: C and S America

Medicinal use: Traditionally Q. amara is used as a digestive, to treat fever, against hair parasites (lice, fleas) and mosquito larvae in ponds (and does not harm fish). The infusion or maceration of the wood is used as a bitter tonic to increase the secretion of the salivary glands, gastric and bile juices. The decoction of the powder is used to treat digestive conditions (diarrhea, dysentery, dyspepsia, stomach pain, flatulence and halitosis) and to improve intestinal transit.

Scientific name: Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Family: Fabaceae

Origin: Mexico and C America

Medicinal use: Infusions with Barbados pride´s leaves are widely used as laxatives. Although this is its most frequent and popular use, the truth is that the senna leaf has multiple benefits and health properties. Due to its diuretic and laxative properties, senna leaf is an excellent detoxifier. In addition to being used to relieve constipation, this plant is ingested as an infusion to generally detoxify the body.

Scientific name: Hypericum perforatum

Family: Hypericaceae

Origin: Europe and Asia

Medicinal use: Hypericum perforatum is a medicinal plant with multiple applications. For example, its topical application serves to accelerate wound healing. However, the properties of this herb that have most attracted researchers are linked to its traditional use for the treatment of mild to moderate depression and anxiety and it is widely prescribed for that therapeutic purpose.