FLOWER AZAHAR
citrus aurantiifolia
FLOWER AZAHAR
Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm.) Fam. Swingle Rutaceae
This plant is found almost everywhere in the country, is used primarily to heal nerves. The treatment consists of baking the flower and take it like water use, is also used to agruras, amoebas, bile, diarrhea, dysentery, vomiting, stomach pain and typhoid. In diseases such as cough, cold, pain and infection of the throat and hoarseness, is taken as an infusion of water use rniel the fruit with lemon peel or cinnamon. You use the lemon juice, which is one of the most used, for the smooth functioning of the kidneys and to treat stains on the skin. Other ailments treated with the fruit are diabetes, liver problems, conjunctivitis and fever.
Shrub 2 to 4 m tall, well branched and with strong bones. The leaves are wide and short with a medium, its small flowers and fruits originate from white to green and yellow when ripe. Lives in warm climates, semi, dry and mild. It is grown in homes and is associated with the tropical deciduous forest, evergreen and subcaducifolia; Xeric scrublands, mountain cloud forests, and mixed pine and oak.