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. 109.

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