The Muña muña, Minthostachys setosais a shrub with woody stems that can reach heights of up to 120 centimeters. It is characterized by its serrated lanceolate leaves and its small white clustered flowers, as well as its pleasant fragrance. It is part of the family of Lamiaceaewith which it shares the characteristic of possessing flavonoids y phenolic compounds that give diverse medicinal properties to the species contained in the family. The Muña muña It prefers high Andean habitats of warm or slightly cold dry climates, so it is distributed throughout the South American mountain range. In Peru can be found in the wild between 2700 and 3400 meters above sea level, that is, in departments such as Huancavelica, Puno, Huancayo.
The Muña muña, Minthostachys setosa has medicinal properties thanks to the secondary metabolites and other compounds it possesses. The human can take advantage of these by means of infusions, extracts or tinctures, having each one, affinity to diverse properties that the plant has. Among these, we can find anti-inflammatory qualities, thanks to the flavonoids that it possesses, since these inhibit the mechanisms and all the symptomatology of the inflammations. In the same way, the flavonoids y phenolic compounds that it possesses have proven to have the qualities antioxidants.
Another important property of the Muña muñais the antibacterialas it has been proven to be very effective against enteropathogenic and staphylococcal strains, i.e., bacteria that affect the respiratory tractand therefore, in conjunction with the effect of the anti-inflammatoryhas great potential decongestant from respiratory system during the process of asthmatic crises. In addition to this, when serving in front of bacteria like Helycobacter pylorican help to alleviate gastrointestinal complaintsto protect the stomach walls and to reduce the production of gases.
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