SANICULA
SANICULA
Used Part.
The leaves.
Active Principles.
Saponósidos,
bitter
principles,
essential
oil, allantoin,
organic
acids: caféico, chlorogenic, rosmarínico, malic, oxalic, citric, tannins.
Drug Action.
The saponosides give it an antiseptic, antibacterial, antifungal, Vasoprotectives and expectorant. The tannins are responsible for their actions astringent (antidiarrheal, local hemostatic, healing)
Indications.
Popularly used for the treatment of
chronic
bronchitis
,
flatulence
and for cutting internal
bleeding
. By outsourcing can be useful for the treatment of oral thrush, wounds, skin ulcers and eczema.
In the Aragonese Pyrenees used the infusion of leaves and roots, in the form of gargarismos to combat stomatitis,
pharyngitis
and parodontopatías. Topically in the form of towels soaked with the decoction, to alleviate the discomfort caused by
hemorrhoids
(Villar, 1992)
Galenica forms / Dosage.
Infusion:
One tablespoon per cup dessert. 3 cups
a
day.
Dust:
1 - 2 teaspoons of
coffee
a
day.
Fluid Extract:
15 - 25 drops, one to three times
a
day.
Tincture (1:
10) 30 - 50 drops, 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. 240 - 1.
Van Hellemont, J. Compendium of Phytothérapie. Bruxelles: Association Pharmaceutique Belge, 1986, pp. 365 - 6.
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
.
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