HELICRISO
helichysum arenarium
HELICRISO
helichysum arenarium
Castilian:
helicriso
,
perpetual
, Everlasting
yellow
chamomile
bastard
, yesquera, meaperros.
English
:
chaste
yellow
weed, live ever, sandy Everlasting.
Used Part:
Its flowers.
Active Principles:
Essential
oil with nerol, alpha - and beta - pinene, eugenol, linalol; Sesquiterpenes lactones, acids and caféico Ursola, beta - sitosterol, flavonoids.
Pharmacological Action:
It
has
a
pseudo - action ACTH, which derives its anti - inflammatory effect, Antitusivo and antialergénico.
Other actions:
protective skin, healing, bacteriostatic, hepatoprotective, slightly reduce
cholesterol
levels, spasmolytic, diuretic, colerética.
Directions:
bronchitis
,
asthma
, rinopatías, reumatitis, food
allergies
, hives,
hepatitis
, gallbladder
disease
. In topical use:
phlebitis
,
psoriasis
, eczema, blefaroconjuntivitis, parodontopatías.
Contraindications:
In the obstruction of bile.
Do not prescribe oral dosage forms with
alcohol
content to
children
under two years or consultants in the process of
alcohol
addiction
.
Caution / Poisoning.
We have to take into account the
alcohol
content of the extract fluid from the dye and syrup.
Galenica forms / Dosage.
Internal use:
Infusion:
one tablespoon per cup of dessert. Three or four cups
a
day.
Fluid extract (1:
1) 30 drops, one to three times
a
day.
Tincture (1:
5) 50 drops, one to three times
a
day.
Syrup (10% extract fluid) half
a
soup spoon, three or four times
a
day.
External use:
Infusion:
a
soup spoon in 100 ml of water. Apply two or three times
a
day, in the form of washes or towels.
Cream (fluid extract or glycolic) two or three applications
a
day.
Bibliography.
Benigni, R; Capra,
C
; Cattorini,
P
. Piante Medicinali. Chimica, Pharmacology and Therapy. Milano: Inverni & Della Beffa, 1962, pp. 533 - 47.
Bézanger - Beauquesne, L; Pinkas, M; Torck, M; Trotin,
F
. Medicinal plants of temperate Regions. Paris: Maloine, 1980, pp. 403 - 4.
Mulet, L. Ethnobotanical survey of the province of Castellon. Castellon: Provincial, 1991, pp. 208.
Peris, JB; Stübing, G; Vanaclocha, B. Applied
Fitoterapia
. Valencia: M. I. Official College of Pharmacists, 1995, pp. 470 - 1.
Peris, JB; Stübing, G; Figuerola, R. Guide to Medicinal Plants of Valencia. Valencia: Las Provincias, 1996,
p
. 109.
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