ERVA BALEEIRA (Cordia verbenacea) HORTA MEDICINAL, Planting at Home 

A day of sightseeing in Sitio São Camilo where besides the blackberries we have several other knowledge, see and know this herb and understand how it can help you
Studies of the therapeutic actions of this plant have been initiated in Brazil, culminating in the development of the first Brazilian phytomedicine, acheflan ointment, based on a homemade preparation of the watermelon, used in a concussion by the businessman Victor Siaulys, of the Aché Pharmaceutical Laboratory. This achievement proves how popular knowledge about medicinal plants may be important to the Pharmaceutical Industry, National Research, and Public Health in general.
Scientific name: Cordia verbenacea
Popular Names: Balearic Herb, Baran's Catinga, Black Catinga, Black Mary, Salicin, Maria Miraculous, etc.
Biome of origin: Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Botanical description: shrub erect, branched, aromatic, 1.5 to 2.5 m high. Leaves simple, alternate, coriaceous, aromatic from 5 to 9cm in length. Small, white flowers arranged in terminal racemous inflorescences of 10 to 15cm in length.
Therapeutic action: anti-inflammatory, anti-arthritic, analgesic, tonic and anti-ulcerogenic. For rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, muscle and spinal pain, prostatites, neuralgia and bruising, and healing of external wounds.
Part used: leaves
Form of use: tincture, tea, macerated in alcohol, ointments, poultices.
Toxicity: low.
Chemical constituents: essential oil (a-humulene), flavonoid pigments (artemetin), allantoin, sugars.
Agronomic Aspects:
Propagation: seeds and cuttings of branches (10cm long).
Cultural cycle: perennial
Planting time:
Seedlings: in March
Seedlings: in September
Flowering: July to September and March to April
Harvest: 1 year after planting.
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