Periwinkle
Periwinkle
English
: Lesser
Periwinkle
.
French:
Pervenche; Violette des morts.
From the
family
of Apocináceas.
Used in brain
circulatory
failure
, as
a
potent vasodilator of the brain arteries. For this increases the blood and brain
disorders
combat senility.
Improving the
headaches
. Hypotensive. Antihaemorrhagics. Antidiarreica. Antidiabetic. Galactófuga (stops milk production in nursing women) Digestive tonic.
Used Part.
The leaves.
Active Principles.
Indole alkaloids (0. 25%) vincamine (10 - 15% of the total alkaloids) epi - vincamine, vincina, eburnamonina, vincadiformina, vincadina, minovincina.
Organic
acids: Ursola, caféico,
p
- hydroxybenzoic.
Drug Action.
The alkaloids present an action sympatholytic, spasmolytic,
glaucoma
, vasodilatadora
cerebral
and
coronary
protective hair (longer than the rutoside) and analgesic.
Indications.
Hypertension
,
arteriosclerosis
,
cerebral
circulatory
failure
(increases
cerebral
blood flow by 20%) and
coronary
, dizziness,
tinnitus
,
headaches
, capillary fragility.
Contraindications.
Brain
tumors
, low blood pressure, cranial
hypertension
,
pregnancy
, lactation (Peris, 1995)
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 fluid extract and tincture.
Galenica forms / Dosage.
Infusion:
A
spoonful of dessert per cup, boil 2 minutes. Two to four cups
a
day, after meals.
Fluid extract (1:
1) 30 - 50 drops, one to three times
a
day.
Tincture (1:
10) 50 drops, one to three times
a
day.
Dry extract (5:
1) 0. 3 to 2 g / day. 1 g equals 5 grams of dried plant)
Dust:
300 - 500 mg / capsule, 1 - 3
a
day.
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F
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A
; Duke, Ph.
D
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Florida
: CRC Press, 1987, pp. 105 - 7, 509 - 10, 523; 568.
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A
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p
. 182.
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Fitoterapia
. Valencia: M. I. Official College of Pharmacists, 1995, pp. 497 - 8.
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A
Madrid Vicente, 1993, pp. 18, 224.
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