cress
cress
Used Part.
The leaves and seeds.
Active Principles.
Contains gluconasturtiína (benzyl - glucosinolate)
Drug Action.
Appetizer, digestive tonic, diuretic. The seeds have
a
rubefaciente.
Indications.
Anorexia
,
dyspepsia
hiposecretoras. In topical application: osteo inflammation,
myalgia
,
muscle
contractures.
Contraindications.
Hypothyroidism
(see precautions)
Do not prescribe dosage forms with
alcoholic
content for oral administration in
children
under two years or consultants in the process of
alcohol
addiction
.
Side Effects.
Although it
has
not been described as
a
side effect of
cress
, many over glucosinolate man carrying an antithyroid, inducing goitre.
Caution / Poisoning.
Prescribe in the form of discontinuous treatments.
Take into account the
alcohol
content of the fluid extract and tincture.
Galenica forms / Dosage.
Infusion:
one tablespoon per cup of dessert. One to three
a
day, half an hour before meals.
Fluid extract (1:
1) 30 drops, two or three times before meals.
Tincture (1:
10) 50 drops three times daily.
Use
a
food (salads)
External use:
seeds implemented in the form of poultice; hidroglicólico extract in the form of gels or creams.
Bibliography.
Le Floc'h,
E
. Etude Ethnobotanique une contribution to the Flore Tunisienne. Imprimerie officielle de la République Tunisienne, 1983, pp. 106 - 7.
Paris, RR; Moyse, M. Summary of Matter Médicale. Take III. Paris: Masson, 1971, pp. 22 - 4.
Rivera,
D
; Obon,
C
. The Guide INCAFE of useful and Poisonous Plants of the
Iberian
Peninsula and the Balearics. Madrid: INCAFE, 1991, pp. 61; 476.
Trease, GE, Evans, WCh. Pharmacognosy.
Mexico
City: Inter - MacGraw - Hill, 1991,
p
. 585.
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