Also known as witch hazel, Hamamelis is a shrub with radiant yellow flowers that blooms in November: its extracts fill you with energy
A beautiful tree with many virtues, witch hazel is native to North America. Its leaves light up with a nice intense copper before falling, while the bare branches are covered with beautiful flowers in soft bouquet, in various shades that express the whole range from golden yellow to red, characterized by petals and pendular sepals capable of withstanding even temperatures of -10 ° C thanks to an effective defense strategy, which consists of rolling the petals and then returning to relax them when the temperature increases by a few degrees. This ability of witch hazel to flourish in the colder months makes it an extraordinary emblem of vital energy, which should never be extinguished in our bodies.
The witch hazel against inflammation and diarrhea
The fame of this plant's magical tree is well deserved, because the leaves and bark of witch hazel are endowed with remarkable therapeutic virtues well known to American Indians who infused them to treat inflammation and used it as an anti-diarrhea and as a healing agent for stopping the bleeding. Western navigators and colonizers brought the knowledge to Europe after experiencing its healing power and astringent, decongestant and vasoconstrictive properties of its active ingredients (in particular astringent tannins, flavonoids, mucilage, saponins and especially rutin venotonics and vitamin P, venoprotective), exploited by both official medicine and herbal medicine, in homeopathy and also in cosmetics.
Use witch hazel in decoction
The witch hazel decoction is an excellent remedy for hemorrhoids, blotches or phlebitis. Pour a tablespoon of shredded bark into a cup of cold water, simmer for 10 minutes, filter and drink, sweetening with acacia honey.