INCENSE
INCENSE
Used Part.
The
gum
obtained from incisions on the trunk.
Active Principles.
Goma acid (27 - 35%)
a
large quantity of resin (60 - 70%) boswélico acid (triterpenes)
essential
oils (3 - 10%) with abundant terpenes: limonene, tute, pinene, terpineno.
Drug Action.
Immunostimulant, balsamic (mucolytic, expectorant) spasmolytic.
In topical use:
healing, antiseptic, the resin is rubefaciente, resolutivo.
Indications.
Flu
, colds,
bronchitis
,
emphysema
,
asthma
.
In topical use:
canker
, parodontopatías, wounds and skin sores, swollen in the resin osteo,
myalgia
,
muscle
contractures and boils.
Included in the composition of some plasters, ointments and balsams. It is more
common
use in perfumes and as air.
Contraindications.
Unless otherwise indicated, we recommend not to prescribe
essential
oils through internal during
pregnancy
, lactation,
children
under six years or patients with
gastritis
, gastric ulcers,
irritable bowel syndrome
,
ulcerative colitis
, Crohn's
disease
, hepatopathy,
epilepsy
,
Parkinson
and other neurological
diseases
.
Do not administer, or topically applied to
children
under six years old or people with
respiratory
allergies
or with known hypersensitivity to this or other
essential
oils.
Side Effects.
The
essential
oil is dermocáustico, nerve and
abortion
.
Galenica forms / Dosage.
Internal use:
Essential
oil: 1 - 3 drops, one to three times
a
day.
Topical use:
Essential
oil emulsion O /
A
2%. One to three applications
a
day.
Resin:
plasters, balsams, liniment.
Bibliography.
Bézanger - Beauquesne, L; Pinkas, M; Torck, M. Dans la Plantes Les Thérapeutiques Moderne. 2. Paris: Maloine, 1986,
p
. 108.
Peris, JB; Stübing, G; Vanaclocha, B. Applied
Fitoterapia
. Valencia: M. I. Official College of Pharmacists, 1995, pp. 156 - 7.
Trease, GE, Evans, WCh. Pharmacognosy.
Mexico
City: Inter - MacGraw - Hill, 1991, pp. 513.
Van Hellemont, J. Compendium of Phytothérapie. Bruxelles: Association Pharmaceutique Belge, 1986, pp. 69 - 70.
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