Lycopodium
Lycopodium
English
:
Lycopodium
.
From the
family
of Licopodiáceas.
Combat colds and inflammation of the
urinary
tract, uric acid and increases the amount of urine. The powder is used to prevent escoceduras.
Used Part.
Sumidades the air, the spores.
Active Principles.
Oil (50%) glycerides of the licopodoléicos acids, phytosterols, carbohydrates,
organic
acids: caféico; resin; esporonina (derived cellulosic) Have been isolated
a
hundred alkaloids (0. 2%) licopodina, dihidrolicopodina, acetildihidrolicopodina, licodolina. Flavonoids: crisoeriol, luteola, apigenósido.
Drug Action.
Air sumidades:
spasmolytic, diuretic and laxative (use)
Spores:
protector of skin (topical)
Indications.
Whole Plant:
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.
Gastrointestinal
spasms, Hepatobiliary dyskinesias.
Spores:
Escoceduras, skin irritations, intertrigo,
hyperhidrosis
.
Contraindications.
Plant:
Pregnancy
, infancy,
childhood
(alkaloids) Renal or
cardiac
arrest.
Spores:
Do not apply on open wounds.
Side Effects.
There
has
been
a
great variability in terms of the alkaloid content and effects produced after their administration, with the frequent appearance of toxic: vomiting,
cramps
and aches with
gastroenteritis
in animals, an effect of oxytocin.
Caution / Poisoning.
Its use as
a
diuretic in the presence of
hypertension
, heart
disease
or
kidney
failure
moderate
or severe, should be done only by prescription and under medical supervision, to the danger that can result in uncontrolled contribution of liquids, the possibility of
a
decompensation or
tension
, whether the elimination of
potassium
is considerable, enhancing the effect of
cardiac
.
We recommend caution if prescribed for use by mouth.
Galenica forms / Dosage.
Spores, called "dust
licopodio
or
sulfur
plant" used as talc.
Bibliography.
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p
. 277.
Bézanger - Beauquesne, L; Pinkas, M; Torck, M; Trotin,
F
. Medicinal plants of temperate Regions. Paris: Maloine, 1980, pp. 20.
Paris, RR; Moyse, M. Summary of Matter Médicale. Take I. Paris: Masson, 1986, pp. 378 - 80.
Trease, GE, Evans, WCh. Pharmacognosy.
Mexico
City: Inter - MacGraw - Hill, 1991, pp. 626 - 7, 760.
Van Hellemont, J. Compendium of Phytothérapie. Bruxelles: Association Pharmaceutique Belge, 1986,
p
. 239.
WICHTL, M.
Herbal
Drugs and Phytopharmaceutical.
A
Handbook for Practice on
a
scientific basis. Stuttgart: Medpharm Scientific Publishers, 1994, pp. 309 - 10.
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