WHITE OPINION
WHITE OPINION
Used Part.
The flowering tops.
Active Principles.
Essential
oil: estragole (70%) anethole,
d
- limonene, furanocumarinas (methoxypsoralen) Alkaloids Anthranilic acid derivatives: dictamnina. Saponósidos.
Bitter
principles.
Drug Action.
Popularly used as
a
digestive,
Carmine
, organoleptic corrector, and hypotensive.
Indications.
Flatulence
,
dyspepsia
hiposecretoras,
hypertension
. Due furanocumarinas its content photosensitising, it might be interesting to study in the treatment of vitiligo,
psoriasis
and associated with UV
radiation
. It
has
been shown its effect repopulated scalp in
chronic
alopecia
areata.
Contraindications.
Pregnancy
, infancy, by the presence of alkaloids.
Caution / Poisoning.
The furanocumarinas produce intense
contact
dermatitis
to collect the plant, especially if the skin is moist and there is
a
subsequent exposure to ultraviolet
radiation
.
Galenica forms / Dosage.
Decoction of 2 - 3%, once or twice
a
day.
Bibliography.
Mulet, L. Toxic Plants of Valencia. Castellon:
Provincial, 1997, pp. 164 - 5.
Rivera,
D
; Obon,
C
. The Guide INCAFE of useful and Poisonous Plants of the
Iberian
Peninsula and the Balearics. Madrid: INCAFE, 1991,
p
. 699.
Van Hellemont, J. Compendium of Phytothérapie. Bruxelles: Association Pharmaceutique Belge, 1986, pp. 135.
Villar, L; Palacín, JM; Calvo,
C
. Gomez,
D
; Montserrat, G. Medicinal Plants of the Aragonese Pyrenees and other tierrras Huesca. 2. Huesca: Provincial, 1992,
p
. 88.
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