Pulsed
Pulsed
Used Part.
The leaves, flowers.
Active Principles.
Heterósidos:
ranunculina, which is easily transformed into protoanemonina and later in anemonina. Sterols and tannins.
Drug Action.
The protoanemonina
has
antibacterial action, antitusiva, antispasmodic, especially at the uterus and digestive tract.
Indications.
Spasms
uterine
or
gastrointestinal
level,
spasmodic
cough, dismenorreas, hemicráneas.
Contraindications.
Pregnancy
, infancy, hepatopathies.
Side Effects.
The fresh plant, applied topically, can produce
a
blistering effect.
Caution / Poisoning.
The fresh plant contains anemonina and protoanemonina, producing
depression
and loss of sensitivity of the nerve centers
respiratory
or heart
disease
. Although these substances disappear with the drying, not to recommend its prescription dose and
weight
.
Bibliography.
Bézanger - Beauquesne, L; Pinkas, M; Torck, M. Dans la Plantes Les Thérapeutiques Moderne. 2. Paris: Maloine, 1986, pp. 75 - 6.
Bézanger - Beauquesne, L; Pinkas, M; Torck, M; Trotin,
F
. Medicinal plants of temperate Regions. Paris: Maloine, 1980,
p
. 103.
Fernandez, M; Nieto,
A
. Medicinal Plants. Pamplona: Ediciones Universidad de Navarra, 1982, pp. 29; 221.
James,
A
; Duke, Ph.
D
. Handbook of Medicinal Herbs. 5. Boca Raton,
Florida
: CRC Press, 1987, pp. 41, 517, 548.
Paris, RR; Moyse, M. Summary of Matter Médicale. Take II. Paris: Masson, 1967, pp. 152 - 3.
Van Hellemont, J. Compendium of Phytothérapie. Bruxelles: Association Pharmaceutique Belge, 1986, pp. 31 - 2.
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