POLE
mentha pulegium
POLE
mentha pulegium
English
: Pennyroyal.
French:
Pouliot.
From the
family
of Labiadas.
Also called pennyroyal, peppermint. Tonic
stomach
, digestive and
Carmine
.
Repels fleas and mosquitoes.
Used Part.
Sumidades the air.
Active Principles.
Essential
oil (0. 5 - 1%) Pulegone (70 - 80%) chin, isomentona, Piperitenone, alpha - and beta - pinene, limonene.
Drug Action.
Thanks to its
essential
oil, the pennyroyal, peppermint is stimulating appetite and the digestion spasmolytic, antiseptic, colagogo,
Carmine
and
vulnerary
(scar) in topical use.
Indications.
Inappetence,
dyspepsia
hiposecretoras,
gastrointestinal
spasms, meteorism, hepatobiliary
dyskinesia
, cholecystitis,
headaches
, wounds.
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.
Do not prescribe oral dosage forms with
alcohol
content to
children
under two years or consultants in the process of
alcohol
addiction
.
Caution / Poisoning.
In extraterapéuticas doses, the
essential
oil can cause nerve and cardiorespiratory
depression
.
Take into account the
alcohol
content of the fluid extract and tincture.
Galenica forms / Dosage.
Internal use:
Infusion:
one tablespoon per cup of dessert. Infuse for ten minutes. Two or three cups
a
day, before, during, or after
a
meal.
Fluid extract (1:
1) 30 - 50 drops, three to five times
a
day (2 - 3 g / day)
Tincture (1:
10) 50 - 100 drops, one to three times
a
day.
Essential
oil: 1 - 2 drops, twice
a
day.
External use:
Essential
oil: in liniment, oily or
alcohol
solution.
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