WHITE POLEO
WHITE POLEO
Used Part.
The flowering tops, leaves.
Active Principles.
Essential
oil - rich Pulegone. Flavonoid derivatives apigenol and luteolol. Phenolic acids: caféico, rosmarínico.
Drug Action.
The
essential
oil is responsible for the effects: an aperitif, digestive, colagogo, spasmolytic, expectorant, antiseptic, and antifungal anthelmintic. The phenolic acids and flavonoids strengthen the antiseptic action, and the latter gives it also
a
diuretic action.
Indications.
Inappetence,
dyspepsia
hiposecretoras, dyskinesias Hepatobiliary, meteorism,
diarrhea
, gastralgias,
gastrointestinal
spasms,
intestinal
parasitosis.
Respiratory
ailments:
influenza
, colds.
Cystitis
,
urethritis
.
In external use:
dermatitis
, boils, skin
infections
, dermatomycosis, vulvovaginitis,
blepharitis
,
conjunctivitis
, ear
infections
,
sinusitis
, osteo inflammations, stomatitis, bruises, sprains, bruises, burns.
For its pleasant taste is widely used as
a
corrective organoleptic.
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.
Take into account the
alcohol
content of the fluid extract and tincture.
Galenica forms / Dosage.
Infusion:
one teaspoon per cup dessert. Three cups
a
day, before or after meals.
Essential
oil: 1 - 2 drops, one to three times
a
day.
Fluid extract (1:
1) 30 - 50 drops, one to three times
a
day.
Tincture (1:
10) 50 - 100 drops, one to three times
a
day.
Bibliography.
Mulet, L. Ethnobotanical survey of the province of Castellon. Castellon: Provincial, 1991, pp. 289 - 91.
Peris, JB; Stübing, G; Figuerola, R. Guide to Medicinal Plants of Valencia. Valencia: Las Provincias, 1996,
p
. 201.
Villar, L; Palacín, JM; Calvo,
C
. Gomez,
D
; Montserrat, G. Medicinal Plants of the Aragonese Pyrenees and other tierrras Huesca. 2. Huesca: Provincial, 1992,
p
. 155.
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