Are you looking for a plant May it heal all your physical ailments? Botanical experts assure that there is a wild species with medicinal properties that not only cures everything, but also blooms once a year and in some cultures they harvest it for Easter, since it hides powerful health benefits: the Marcela.
Its scientific name is Achyrocline Saturejoides, belonging to the Asteraceae family and used as a plant medicinal since ancient times, which It is commonly known in some regions as Marcelita or Vira-Vira. It grows naturally and is distributed throughout South America, but especially in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.
Marcela, the wild medicinal plant that has powerful health benefits
There are many who seek Marcela crops to make different home remedies, such as hot infusions, sitz baths, creams, eye cleansers, oils and syrups, among others, 100% natural and very effective preparations for various symptoms or diseases.
In that sense, specialists who use alternative treatments with this powerful plant perennial indicate, according to their research, that just having a few leaves or flowers of this species and 5 minutes will be enough to relieve any discomfort, since to make a tea you only need it to take on a yellow-orange color after breaking into a boil.
What are the health problems that Marcela can cure and/or alleviate after homemade formulas created with its leaves/flowers? Its herbal medicine is used for combat flu, colic, asthma, abdominal swelling, heartburn, vomiting and nausea. In addition, it improves cholesterol, diarrhea, herpes and vaginal itching..
On the other hand, experts in the use of floors medicinal plants with curative purposes maintain that they used it to solve conjunctivitis, menstrual cramps, insomnia and even skin aging. A very practical and useful idea to do at home? Some people stuff pillows with its bloom because it generates an immediate “calming effect.”
Finally, in different cities and towns in our country, Marcela grows lushly along and across the roads because it prefers temperate climates, where the soil lacks excess humidity, and it can reach around a metre in height in these types of places.
