PERPETUAL
helichrysum stoechas
PERPETUAL
helichrysum stoechas
Used Part.
The flowering tops of the Mediterranean Everlasting (Helichrysum stoechas (L. Moench) or the European (Helichrysum arenarium (L. Moench)
Active Principles.
Essential
oil: Neryl acetate, furfural, alpha - pinene. Flavonoids: helicrisina B (salipurpósido, chalcone responsible for the color of the bracts involucral) isosalipurpósido, derivatives luteolol, quercetol and kenferol. Phytosterols: beta - sitosterol. Phloroglucinol derivatives: helipirona, italipirona, plicatipirona; derived from acetophenone: arenol, homoarenol.
Drug Action.
Antiinflammatory, antitusivo, anti -
bacterial
(Gram + antifungal (Candida albicans, Mycobacterium phlei) expectorant, diuretic, colerética, colagogo. Popularly used also as febrífugo, anthelmintic, and so magical, as Antihaemorrhoidals.
Indications.
Respiratory
allergies
,
influenza
, colds,
bronchitis
,
rhinitis
,
sinusitis
,
tonsillitis
.
Gastritis
,
hepatitis
,
liver
and gall
bladder
dyskinesias, cholecystitis.
Cystitis
,
urethritis
.
In topical use:
eczema, blefaroconjuntivitis, parodontopatías,
candidiasis
and other dermatomycosis, vulvovaginitis.
Contraindications.
Hypersensitivity to the
essential
oil.
The
essential
oil should not be prescribed orally during
pregnancy
, lactation or young
children
.
Do not prescribe oral dosage forms with
alcohol
content to
children
under two years or consultants in the process of
alcohol
addiction
.
Caution / Poisoning.
Take into account the
alcohol
content of the fluid extract and tincture.
Galenica forms / Dosage.
Infusion:
1 or 2 tablespoons per cup dessert. Boil 2 minutes. 1 - 2 times
a
day, after meals.
Fluid extract (1:
1) 30 - 50 drops, one to three times
a
day.
Tincture (1:
5) 50 - 100 drops, two or three times
a
day.
Syrup (5 - 10% extract fluid) 1 - 3 cucharadadas
a
day.
Topical use:
Infusion, applied in the form of washes, mouthwashes gargarismos, towels, bath eye (isotonizar) irrigations, instillations, and so on.
Glycolic or fluid extract (1:
5) dyeing or gels or creams made from them.
Bibliography.
Bézanger - Beauquesne, L; Pinkas, M; Torck, M; Trotin,
F
. Medicinal plants of temperate Regions. Paris: Maloine, 1980, pp. 404.
Mulet, L. Ethnobotanical survey of the province of Castellon. Castellon: Provincial, 1991, pp. 208 - 12.
Paris, RR; Moyse, M. Summary of Matter Médicale. Take III. Paris: Masson, 1971,
p
. 455.
Peris, JB; Stübing, G; Vanaclocha, B. Applied
Fitoterapia
. Valencia: M. I. Official College of Pharmacists, 1995,
p
. 471.
Peris, JB; Stübing, G; Figuerola, R. Guide to Medicinal Plants of Valencia. Valencia: Las Provincias, 1996,
p
. 110.
Rios, JL; Recio, MC; Villar
A
. Isolation and identification of the antibacterial compounds from Helichysum stoechas. J. Ethnopharmacol. May - June 1991; 33 (1 - 2) 51 - 5.
WICHTL, M.
Herbal
Drugs and Phytopharmaceutical.
A
Handbook for Practice on
a
scientific basis. Stuttgart: Medpharm Scientific Publishers, 1994, pp. 257 - 60.
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