MALE mugwort
MALE mugwort
French:
Auron.
English
: Southernwood.
German
: Gemeiner Beiffus.
Russian:
Bozi Derevo.
Used Part.
The leaves and flowering tops.
Active Principles.
Essential
oil (0, 2 - 0, 4%) with absintol; polyphenols (caféico and chlorogenic acid, flavonoids) cumarinas (escopoletol, isofraxidina, umbeliferona)
Drug Action.
Colerética strong, anthelmintic, estrogen;
bitter
aromatic
: appetizer,
Carmine
, organoleptic corrector.
Externally:
antiseptic, healing and Antiseborrhoeic.
Indications.
Hepatobiliary dyskinesias, inappetence,
dyspepsia
hiposecretoras,
flatulence
.
Dysmenorrhea
,
amenorrhea
,
intestinal
parasitosis.
In topical use:
wounds,
seborrheic dermatitis
,
alopecia
.
Contraindications.
Unless otherwise indicated, we recommend not to prescribe the
essential
oil of male
ABRÓTANO
through internal during
pregnancy
(for its possible abortifacient effect) lactation and
children
under six years (at high doses is neurotoxic)
Do not use in patients with known hypersensitivity to this or other
essential
oils.
Do not prescribe
alcoholic
extracts to consultants in the process of
alcohol
addiction
.
Caution / Poisoning.
The pure
essential
oil can be nerve and
abortion
. Applied topically can cause
allergic
reactions (
contact dermatitis
)
Galenica forms / Dosage.
Internal use:
Infusion:
one tablespoon per cup of dessert. Three cups
a
day.
Fluid extract (1:
1) 40 - 60 drops three times daily.
Tincture (1:
5) 50 to 100 drops, two or three times
a
day.
Topical use:
Infusion:
A
spoonful of soup bowl.
Tincture (1:
10) as
a
treatment hair, apply rub the scalp.
Bibliography.
Bézanger - Beauquesne, L; Pinkas, M; Torck, M. Dans la Plantes Les Thérapeutiques Moderne. 2. Paris: Maloine, 1986,
p
. 88.
Bézanger - Beauquesne, L; Pinkas, M; Torck, M; Trotin,
F
. Medicinal plants of temperate Regions. Paris: Maloine, 1980,
p
. 378.
James,
A
; Duke, Ph.
D
. Handbook of Medicinal Herbs. 5. Boca Raton,
Florida
: CRC Press, 1987, pp. 65, 517.
Rivera,
D
; Obon,
C
. The Guide INCAFE of useful and Poisonous Plants of the
Iberian
Peninsula and the Balearics. Madrid: INCAFE, 1991, pp. 974 - 5.
Van Hellemont, J. Compendium of Phytothérapie. Bruxelles: Association Pharmaceutique Belge, 1986,
p
. 48.
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