Brooklime health benefits (Veronica beccabunga Fam. Scrophulariaceae)

Popular names: cow cress, water pimpernel.

Traditionally: green leaves were placed on wounds and cuts, and if they were too big, they were mashed and used for bandages. The whole plant was placed on burns.

Many times the plants were boiled, the decoct was used for baths and the rest for bandages, especially for swellings. They were sometimes heated on fire and placed warm on the back, against aches.

Ground and mixed with vinegar or water, it was used for bandages for headaches, or people that fell ill with paralysis or shock.

People suffering from wildfire were washed with the decoct.

The tea from the floral stalks was consumed against urinary problems, hydropsia and to cleanse the blood.

The aerial plants, mixed with horseradish root, ribwort leaves and honey, were used to prepare a syrup consumed for lung diseases.

Chemical composition of brooklime

- volatile oil, bitter substances, aucubin, mineral salts, vitamins, etc.

Pharmaceutical action

Anti-inflammatory, diuretic, antiscurvyic, various pain.

It can be used for the following medical conditions: adenomas, various skin conditions diverse, constipation, dysentery, renal pains, hemorrhoids, hydropsia, spots, freckles, urinary retention.

Preparation:

- the fresh juice, obtained from the fresh plant, can be consumed in amounts up to 1-2 teaspoons a day, preferably combined with other juices from vegetables and fruits.
- the fresh plant can be consumed for various salads.
- place 2 teaspoons in 250 ml boiling water. Cover for 15 minutes then filter. 2-3 cups a day should be consumed, for internal conditions.
External: cataplasms with fresh leaves or juice squeezed on the skin directly from the plant.
- a handful of plant is ground and placed in 250 ml oil, preferably olive oil. Boil on a water bath for 3 hours. Filter. It can be used both internally, consuming a teaspoon and externally, oiling with it the wound.

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