Common Genévrier
The juniper or common genévrier ( Juniperus communis L.; '' Juniperus '', Cupressacée S) is a purplished blue shrub with bays and the thorny sheets. Its size can exceed 5 meters.
Its fruit, a cone with the bay appearance, is indifferently called “juniper” or “bay of genévrier”.
One also calls ''' juniper ''' a Eau-de-vie (called Peket in Wallon) near to the British gin which one scents like the latter using these bays.
Certain receipts incorporate bays of genévrier in the Choucroute.
The common genévrier is distinguished from the Genévrier cade by his needles with broad band white (whereas the needles of the cade have two bands) and by fruits much smaller.
Medicinal properties
The common Genévrier ( Juniperus communis ) is only with the Genévrier cade ( Juniperus oxycedrus ) with being edible.
The bays and the starts-up, prepared out of infusion, have effects diuretic, stomachic and digestive. They would have been used against the Asthme.
More than one treatment of difficult digestions and intestinal gases, the bays of junipers are added on suspicion during the preparation of a little heavy dishes in order to facilitate their digestion.
An improper use of the genévrier can cause renal disorders, so it should not be used during the pregnancies.
As for the starts-up of sheets, it are used in Gemmothérapie.
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