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where to find plant MUICLE?

Posted by Charley on January 18, 2015, 9:09 am

where does it grow in La Manz?.
Muicle(google translation )
The benefits of muicle, plant with medicinal properties used to treat respiratory diseases ...

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Justice spicigera Schechtendal
Family: Acanthaceae

Parts of muicle most commonly used throughout Mexico as a medicinal remedy are the branches, leaves and flowers; its use is very helpful for treating high blood pressure, purify the blood and syphilis.

Crushed branches of muicle or hot decoction mixed with chokecherry, avocado, garlic, snuff and guava, as washes, serves to skin.

Taking the morning the cooking of the branches, alone or mixed with wormwood, guava and lemon balm is used for digestive problems. In respiratory ailments like cough, flu and bronchitis infusion of leaves as water usage muicle taken.

Other common uses of muicle are for headaches and kidney, anemia, dizziness, insomnia and for desinflamación shock. It grows mainly in Chiapas, Nayarit, San Luis Potosi, Mexico and Veracruz Valley.

The plant muicle measured up to 2 m high, with much branched stems and elongated leaves. Its flowers fruits originate in capsule form. Lives in warm, semi dry and temperate climates. Grows cultivated in houses and is associated with deciduous rainforest, deciduous, evergreen, evergreen; Xeric scrublands, and forests of oak and pine.



http://www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/muicle.html

Te damos a conocer los beneficios del muicle, planta con propiedades medicinales utilizadas para tratar enfermedades respiratorias...

NOMBRE CIENTÍFICO: Justicia spicigera Schechtendal
FAMILIA: Acanthaceae

Las partes del muicle que más se usan en todo México como remedio medicinal son las ramas, hojas y flores; su uso es muy útil para tratar la presión arterial, purificar la sangre y sífilis.

El machacado de las ramas de muicle o su cocimiento caliente mezclado con capulín, aguacate, ajo, tabaco y guayaba, como lavados, sirve para la piel.

Tomando por la mañana el cocimiento de las ramas, solas o mezcladas, con ajenjo, guayaba y toronjil se utiliza para problemas digestivos. En afecciones respiratorias como tos, gripa y bronquitis se toma la infusión de las hojas de muicle como agua de uso.

Otros empleos comunes del muicle son para dolores de cabeza y de riñón, anemia, mareos, insomnio y para la desinflamación de golpes. Crece principalmente en Chiapas, Nayarit, San Luis Potosí, Valle de México y Veracruz.

La planta de Muicle mide hasta 2 m de altura, con el tallo muy ramificado y hojas alargadas. Sus flores originan frutos con forma de cápsula. Habita en climas cálido, semicálido, seco y templado. Crece cultivada en las casas y se asocia a la selva tropical caducifolia, subcaducifolia, subperennifolia, perennifolia; matorral xerófilo, y bosques de encino y pino.
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Re: where to find plant MUICLE?

Posted by Pablo on January 18, 2015, 9:26 pm, in reply to "where to find plant MUICLE?"
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Hey, Charley, just a thought, but the write-up mentions it being grown as a house plant, so maybe you could find it at a vivero somewhere if nobody knows where it grows in La Manz.
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