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opuntia ficus indica

Photo by NoelSal
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Description:

la utilidad del nopal alcanza también el campo de la medicina popular.antiguamente se empleaba para tratar afecciones renales,apresurar el parto curar quemaduras,combatir la erisipela
y hacer cataplasmas pectorales hoy se usa ademas para tratar la diabetes

Notes:

foto tomada en el museo del desierto

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