CARDO
CARDO
Used Part.
The leaves.
Active Principles.
Flavonoids, chlorogenic acid, cinarina,
potassium
salts, inulin.
Drug Action.
Bitter
salt, with an action aperitive, colerética, colagoga, hepatoprotective and diuretic.
Indications.
Hepatitis
, dyskinesias Hepatobiliary, inappetence. States that require an increase in urine output: genitourinary
disorders
(
cystitis
, ureteritis,
urethritis
,
pyelonephritis
, oliguria, urolithiasis) hiperazotemia, hyperuricemia, gout, high blood pressure, edema,
overweight
accompanied by fluid retention.
Caution / Poisoning.
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.
Decoction:
a
spoonful of soup cup (250 ml) boil 10 minutes. Three or more cups
a
day, before or after meals.
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p
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p
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