Bugleweed
Bugleweed
Used Part.
The aerial parts.
Active Principles.
Essential
oil (0. 2%) flavonoids, tannins, acids and chlorogenic litospérmico coumarin, mineral salts: fluoride,
calcium
, silica.
Drug Action.
The acid litospérmico confers antigonadotróficas properties and hypoglycemic. Fluoride salts, an action antithyroid: antagonize the thyroxine, to curb the
iodine
nutrition
. The astringent tannins do
business
, Antihaemorrhagics. Popularly used as antipyretic.
Indications.
Pituitary
origin
of
hyperthyroidism
,
diabetes
,
menopause
. In external use: wounds, vulvovaginitis.
Contraindications.
Hypothyroidism
.
Galenica forms / Dosage.
Infusion:
one tablespoon per cup of dessert. One to three
a
day.
For external use:
30 grams /
liter
, applied in the form of washes, or towels soaked.
Fluid extract (1:
1) 30 - 50 drops, one to three times
a
day.
Tincture (1:
10) 50 - 100 drops, three times
a
day.
Dry extract (5:
1) 250 - 500 mg, one to three times
a
day.
Juice of fresh plant:
2. 5 ml, one to three times
a
day.
Bibliography.
Bézanger - Beauquesne, L; Pinkas, M; Torck, M; Trotin,
F
. Medicinal plants of temperate Regions. Paris: Maloine, 1980, pp. 327 - 8.
Lastra, JJ; Bachiller, LI. Medicinal Plants in Asturias, Cantabria and the cornice. Gijón: Ediciones Trea, 1997, pp. 169 - 70.
Mulet, L. Toxic Plants of Valencia. Castellon:
Provincial, 1997, pp. 269 - 71.
Peris, JB; Stübing, G; Vanaclocha, B. Applied
Fitoterapia
. Valencia: M. I. Official College of Pharmacists, 1995,
p
. 368.
Van Hellemont, J. Compendium of Phytothérapie. Bruxelles: Association Pharmaceutique Belge, 1986, pp. 239 - 40.
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