RED Arenaria
RED Arenaria
English
: Sand spurry.
French:
Spergulaire.
From the
family
of Cariofiláceas.
Diuretic. Colds and spasms of the
bladder
.
Kidney
Stones
and Arenillas.
Used Part.
Sumidades the air.
Active Principles.
Has
described the presence of an
aromatic
resin, anthocyanins, flavonoids, saponosides. Abundant mineral salts:
potassium
,
calcium
.
Drug Action.
Plant poorly studied despite its wide popular use. Because of its content in flavonoids and
potassium
salts, presents
a
particularly uricosuric diuretic action.
Indications.
States that require an increase in urine output:
genitourinary
disorders
(
cystitis
,
urethritis
,
urethritis
,
pyelonephritis
, oliguria, urolithiasis) hiperazotemia, hyperuricemia, gout, high blood pressure, edema,
overweight
accompanied by fluid retention.
Contraindications.
No
alcoholic
extracts prescribed to
children
under two years or consultants in the process of
alcohol
addiction
.
Caution / Poisoning.
Take into account the
alcohol
content of the extract fluid and dyeing.
The use of diuretics in the presence of
hypertension
or heart
disease
, should be done only by prescription and under medical supervision, given the possibility of occurrence of decompensation or
tension
, if the elimination of
potassium
is considerable, enhancing the effect of
cardiac
.
Galenica forms / Dosage.
Infusion:
one tablespoon per cup of dessert. Three or more cups
a
day.
Decoction:
50 g / l, boil one minute. Infuse for 10. Three cups
a
day.
Fluid extract (1:
1) 10 - 20 drops, two or three times
a
day.
Tincture (1:
10) 50 drops, one to three times
a
day.
Bibliography.
Bézanger - Beauquesne, L; Pinkas, M; Torck, M. Dans la Plantes Les Thérapeutiques Moderne. 2. Paris: Maloine, 1986,
p
. 400.
Bézanger - Beauquesne, L; Pinkas, M; Torck, M; Trotin,
F
. Medicinal plants of temperate Regions. Paris: Maloine, 1980,
p
. 97.
Fernandez, M; Nieto,
A
. Medicinal Plants. Pamplona: Ediciones Universidad de Navarra, 1982,
p
. 165.
Le Floc'h,
E
. Etude Ethnobotanique une contribution to the Flore Tunisienne. Imprimerie officielle de la République Tunisienne, 1983,
p
. 90.
Van Hellemont, J. Compendium of Phytothérapie. Bruxelles: Association Pharmaceutique Belge, 1986,
p
. 44.
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