chasteberry
chasteberry
Used Part.
The flowering tops, fruit.
Active Principles.
Flowering tops:
flavonoids: casticina, homoorientina; glycosides iridoideos: Aucuba, agnósido, tannins,
bitter
principles.
Fruits:
essential
oil (0. 5%) and rich in cineol pinene.
Drug Action.
Antiestrogenic, galactógeno. It inhibits the secretion of the hormone FSH stimulates the secretion of LH and prolactin secretion slows. Spasmolytic, sedative,
vulnerary
.
Indications.
Amenorrhea
,
dysmenorrhea
,
premenstrual syndrome
, meopausia,
disorders
arising from
a
hiperfoliculinemia or hyperprolactinemia,
dystonia
neurovegetative: anxiety,
insomnia
, palpitations, tachycardia, dizziness,
gastrointestinal
spasms, injured.
Contraindications.
Metabolic
deficits of FSH, treatment with
female
hormones.
Do not prescribe oral dosage forms with
alcohol
content to
children
under two years or consultants in the process of
alcohol
addiction
.
Side Effects.
It can produce an increase of
headaches
and
menstrual
flow.
Caution / Poisoning.
Take into account the
alcohol
content of the extract fluid.
Galenica forms / Dosage.
Infusion:
one tablespoon per cup soup. Infuse 15 minutes. Two to four cups
a
day.
Fluid extract (1:
1) 1 to 2 grams
a
day.
Dry extract (10:
1) 100 to 300 mg / day. 1 g equivalent to 10 grams of dried plant)
Bibliography.
Bézanger - Beauquesne, L; Pinkas, M; Torck, M; Trotin,
F
. Medicinal plants of temperate Regions. Paris: Maloine, 1980, pp. 316 - 7.
Paris, RR; Moyse, M. Summary of Matter Médicale. Take III. Paris: Masson, 1971,
p
. 255.
Peris, JB; Stübing, G; Vanaclocha, B. Applied
Fitoterapia
. Valencia: M. I. Official College of Pharmacists, 1995, pp. 465 - 6.
Van Hellemont, J. Compendium of Phytothérapie. Bruxelles: Association Pharmaceutique Belge, 1986,
p
. 430.
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