SOL DE ORO
helicrysum italicum
SOL DE ORO
helicrysum italicum
Latin name:
Helichysum arenarium DC.
Castilian:
helicriso
,
perpetual
, Everlasting
yellow
chamomile
bastard
, yesquera, meaperros.
Portuguese:
perpetual
das Areias, rosmarinho bravo, herba das almorrans.
French:
Immortelle
des sabers, èternelle jaune.
English
:
chaste
yellow
weed, live ever, sandy Everlasting.
Dutch:
strobloem, zandstrobloem.
German
: Sandimmerschön, Stronblume, GELB Katzenpfötchen, Inmortelle.
Italian:
elicriso
, semprevivo, zolfino, pepetuino, tignamica.
Used Part.
The flowering tops.
Active Principles.
Nerol with
essential
oil, alpha - and beta - pinene, eugenol, linalol; Sesquiterpenes lactones, acids and caféico Ursola, beta - sitosterol, flavonoids.
Drug Action.
It
has
a
pseudo - action ACTH, which derives its anti - inflammatory effect, Antitusivo and antialergénico.
Other actions:
protective skin, healing, bacteriostatic, hepatoprotective, slightly reduce
cholesterol
levels, spasmolytic, diuretic, colerética.
Indications.
Bronchitis
,
asthma
, rinopatías, reumatitis, food
allergies
, hives,
hepatitis
, gallbladder
disease
. In topical use:
phlebitis
,
psoriasis
, eczema, blefaroconjuntivitis, parodontopatías.
Contraindications.
Obstruction of bile.
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 extract fluid from the dye and syrup.
Galenica forms / Dosage.
Internal use:
Infusion:
one tablespoon per cup of dessert. Three or four cups
a
day.
Fluid extract (1:
1) 30 drops, one to three times
a
day.
Tincture (1:
5) 50 drops, one to three times
a
day.
Syrup (10% extract fluid) half
a
soup spoon, three or four times
a
day.
External use:
Infusion:
a
soup spoon in 100 ml of water. Apply two or three times
a
day, in the form of washes or towels.
Cream (fluid extract or glycolic) two or three applications
a
day.
FAMILY
.
Compound.
PART USED MEDICINAL.
Chapters floral.
TYPE OF PLANT.
Herbaceous perennial.
ORIGIN
.
Southern and
Central
Europe.
HEIGHT.
Up to 50 cm.
BLADES.
Entire lanceolate, spatulas,
cotton
by the beam and the underside.
FLORES
.
The chapters are grouped into curds
flower
with
a
bright
yellow
involucre.
The flowers,
yellow
, tubular are arranged in the center.
FRUIT.
Arquenio tuberculous
brown
.
HABITAT.
Dry bush and sea edges of highways and roads.
COMPONENTS.
Flavonoids.
Flavones (apigenol, luteolol)
Flavonols (kaempferol, quercetol)
Flavanonas (naringenol, helicrisina, salipurpósido)
Chalcones (isohelicrisina, isosalipurpósido)
Note:
Most of these flavonoids are colorless, except for the isosalipurpósido, which is the main pigment within the chalcones.
Phenol derivatives.
Ketone derivatives of
a
core pyran as arenol.
Organic
acids.
Caffeic acid.
Acid Ursola.
Essential
oil.
Nerol.
almost
50%.
D
- alpha - pinene.
Eugenol.
Sesquiterpenes azulógenos.
Linalol.
Bitter
principles.
Beta sitosterol.
Tannins.
PROPERTIES.
Colerética.
Colagogo.
Spasmolytic.
Diuretic.
Depurative.
And anti - gout.
Antiallergy.
Expectorant.
Antimicrobial.
Healing (via external)
Protector of tissues.
Antineurálgico.
INDICATIONS.
To stimulate the secretion of gastric juices and
pancreatic
.
Chronic
cholecystitis.
Gallbladder.
Renal.
Affections
bladders
.
Drop
.
Rheumatism.
Bronchitis
sub - acute and
chronic
.
Emphysema
.
Asma.
Sunburn.
Freezes.
Stimulation of the internal secretion of hydrocortisone.
Digestive
allergies
.
Skin
allergies
.
Respiratory
allergies
.
Conjunctivitis
.
Migraines.
Headaches
.
CONTRAINDICATIONS.
There are no known.
USES.
Infusion:
one to two teaspoons per cup.
Eye drops:
extract acknowledge 6%.
Fluid extract:
up to 1 tablespoon several times
a
day.
OF INTEREST.
About her name.
"Helicriso" derives from two Greek words meaning "sun" and "gold" referring to the color of its chapters floral.
Related Species.
There is Helichrysum
italicum
G. Don who is originally from the Mediterranean basin which contains flavonoids and
essential
oil useful in treatment of skin
diseases
such as
dermatosis
and
allergies
.
Bibliography.
Benigni, R; Capra,
C
; Cattorini,
P
. Piante Medicinali. Chimica, Pharmacology and Therapy. Milano: Inverni & Della Beffa, 1962, pp. 533 - 47.
Bézanger - Beauquesne, L; Pinkas, M; Torck, M; Trotin,
F
. Medicinal plants of temperate Regions. Paris: Maloine, 1980, pp. 403 - 4.
Mulet, L. Ethnobotanical survey of the province of Castellon. Castellon: Provincial, 1991, pp. 208.
Peris, JB; Stübing, G; Vanaclocha, B. Applied
Fitoterapia
. Valencia: M. I. Official College of Pharmacists, 1995, pp. 470 - 1.
Peris, JB; Stübing, G; Figuerola, R. Guide to Medicinal Plants of Valencia. Valencia: Las Provincias, 1996,
p
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