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Felipe Lorenzo del Río

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mistletoe is incorrectly written, and should be written as "mistletoe" as meaning: Bushy plant parasitic of the loranthaceae family that grows on trees, such as oak or oak. In the Celtic culture it was considered magical and venerated as a universal remedy for any disease. The Druids made their rites under some oak or some oak that had mistletoe. It is diuretic, hypotensive and creator of system immune, but toxic at high doses by the viscotoxin. Its scientific name is viscum album, although popularly it is known by many names: almuerdago, almuerzago, amuergano, arfueyo, apositoria, League of oak, guizne, Pyrenean, cino, visco, quercino, visque, lucky ramillo visco...

  



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