ERÍGERO
ERÍGERO
Used Part.
The flowering tops.
Active Principles.
Tannin, gallic acid,
essential
oil (0, 3 - 1%) citronelal, limonene, terpineol; resin, polienos, poliínos.
Drug Action.
The tannins give it an astringent, antidiarrheal. The polienos and poliínos, an antiseptic, uricosuric diuretic, anti - inflammatory.
Indications.
Diarrhea
. States that require an increase in urine output: genitourinary
disorders
(
cystitis
, ureteritis,
urethritis
, oliguria, urolithiasis) hiperazotemia, hyperuricemia, gout, high blood pressure, edema,
overweight
accompanied by fluid retention.
Bronchitis
, metrorrhagia, vulvovaginitis, Stomatitis, parodontopatías.
Contraindications.
Do not prescribe dosage forms with
alcoholic
content for oral administration in
children
under two years or consultants in the process of
alcohol
addiction
.
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
.
Take into account the
alcohol
content of the fluid extract and tincture.
Galenica forms / Dosage.
Internal use:
Decoction:
one tablespoon per cup of dessert. Boil 2 minutes and infuse for 10. Take three or more cups
a
day, after meals.
Fresh Juice:
50 g / day.
Fluid extract (1:
1) 25 - 50 drops, one to three times
a
day.
Tincture (1:
10) 50 - 100 drops, one to three times
a
day.
Dry extract (5:
1) 0. 5 to 1. 5 g / day.
External use:
Decoction:
implemented in the form of mouthwashes, washed or
vaginal
irrigations.
Bibliography.
Bézanger - Beauquesne, L; Pinkas, M; Torck, M. Dans la Plantes Les Thérapeutiques Moderne. 2. Paris: Maloine, 1986,
p
. 201.
Bézanger - Beauquesne, L; Pinkas, M; Torck, M; Trotin,
F
. Medicinal plants of temperate Regions. Paris: Maloine, 1980,
p
. 398.
Van Hellemont, J. Compendium of Phytothérapie. Bruxelles: Association Pharmaceutique Belge, 1986,
p
. 147.
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