tansy
tansy
Related names:
Spanish:
Balsamita
minor, Herb lombriguera, Palma imperial Palmita of India.
English
:
Bitter
buttons,
Tanacetum
Chrysanthemum (synonym) Chrysanthemum
vulgare
(synonym)
Common
Tansy
,
Parsley
fern.
Chinese:
ch'ien - ai.
Slovak:
Yratic obycajny.
Bloom:
Summer
.
Toxicity:
Toxic.
Active ingredients:
Essential
oil (0, 20 - 0, 60%) rich in Thujone (70%)
camphor
;
bitter
principles: tanacetinas, tannins, flavonoids, caféico acid.
Indications, contraindications:
The
essential
oil is responsible for its action as anthelmintic and emenagogo. The tannins, its astringent effect. Flavonoids give it spasmolytic properties.
The grass
, flowers and seeds are antispasmodic, worming,
a
stimulant, emenagogo,
stomach
, febrífugo,
sudorific
,
vulnerary
, antiseptic,
aromatic
, slightly narcotic.
For
amenorrhea
, Oxyuriasis,
gastrointestinal
spasms.
Do not prescribe the pure
essential
oil via internal during
pregnancy
, lactation or young
children
(the Thujone is neurotoxic and can prove abortive)
The pure
essential
oil can cause
contact
dermatitis
and through internal doses larger than 2 grams. Can cause
gastrointestinal
cramping, with vomiting,
diarrhea
and convulsions, and may very well prove abortive.
Discouraged the use of pure
essential
oil via internal.
Other alternative therapies:
Flower
Therapy
California
.
Preparation, recipes:
flowering tops are used.
Infusion internal use:
one tablespoon per cup of dessert, infuse 10 minutes. Take
a
cup fasting.
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