El Linden It is a very tall tree with large heart-shaped leaves and yellowish-white flowers, its life can extend up to 1000 years, but above all it is a ally for the health of the nervous system, function for which it was used in natural medicine since centuries.
It has been used in Europe since ancient times to treat a wide range of health problems, since the linden tea brings together a large number of healthy benefits, acting like diaphoretic, ideal property for the treating fever, colds, or flu, by producing a profuse perspiration that favors recovery, helping to increase the capacity of the immune system to combat infections.
El Linden is used as a natural remedy to calm and relax any nervous state, as in the cases of irritability or stress, conditions that can lead to the insomnia for example, flowers contain farnesol, un antispasmodic or muscle relaxant and natural sedative that have been used to treat hyperactive children and also for the preparation of relaxing baths in babies.
El Linden tea has hypotensive properties that is, it reduces the levels of blood pressure, becoming a natural enemy of the hypertension, today called "the silent killer”And that can lead to very serious risk situations for health, including death.
All the linden flowers have a healing and restorative effect on blood vessel walls and can improve varicose veins, plus thin the blood, which translates into a lower risk to the formation of clots that can cause heart or cerebrovascular attacks.
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