BLACK ALAMO (alamo negro populus nigra)

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	BLACK ALAMO
	*alamo negro populus nigra*

Name
BLACK ALAMO

Scientific Name
alamo negro populus nigra

BLACK ALAMO

Family: Salicaceae

Etimología: Populus, Latin old name of chopo or poplar. Nigra, of Latin, the black one, alluding to the blackish ribs that form in the crust with the passage of the years.

Description: Tree caducifolio of more than 20 ms of height, of right, heavy trunk, of smooth, grayish crust, that with time cracks in longitudinal sense, forming between these cracks ribs of blackish color. Ample glass. Leaves with pecíolo of 2-6 cm. in length, laterally compressed, something tomentoso when young. Green limb by the two faces, of oval-triangular or oval-rhombic form, acuminado, of festoon-sawed edge. The young leaves defer something in their form. The amentos appear before the leaves, in the months of February to March. Fruit in capsule with surrounded grayish seeds in abundant pelusa white.

Place of origin: Europe, North Africa, center and this of Asia.

Data of culture: It is multiplied easily by esqueje of young wood and also by seeds, although these do not have to be stored. Very fast growth. Due to the deepening by his main root, it must have assured water in the subsoil. By the others he is not very demanding in grounds. It builds ledges in very well after the strong prunings. Wood used in slight carpentry and paste of cellulose. Very used it is the italica Cv. (italica Populus Moench), denominated chopo of Lombardia, of very close bearing, almost piramidal or to columnar. The leaves are very acuminadas and wider than long.

Used Part

The yolks and the crust (vegetal coal).

Active Principles

Essential oil plans, with cariofileno; flavonoides: crucible, tectocrisol, galangósido, quercetósido, ramnósido; salipopulósido (saliciltremuloína, salicina); tannins.

Farmacológica Action

Uricosúrico Diurético, antiseptic toilet, sudorífico.

Balsamic, expectorante.

In external, analgesic, healing use.

The vegetal coal acts like antidote-neutralizing of certain poisonings and antidiarreico, by its adsorvente and absorvente effect.

Indications

States in which an increase of the diuresis is required: genitourinarias affections (cystitis, ureteritis, uretritis, pielonefritis, oliguria, urolitiasis), hiperazotemia, hiperuricemia, drop, arterial hypertension, edemas, overweight accompanied by retention of liquids.

Faringitis, bronchitis, enfisema, asthma.

In topical use: rheumatic wounds, hemorroides, burns and pains.

The vegetal coal, in diarreas, meteorismo and poisonings.

Contraindications

Not to prescribe alcoholic extracts to smaller children of two years nor to consultantes in process of etílica deshabituación.

Precaution/Poisonings

To consider the alcoholic content of the flowed extract, the dye and the syrup.

The use of diuréticos in the presence of hypertension or cardiopathies, only must become by prescription and under medical checkup, given the possibility of appearance of a tensional descompensación or, if the potassium elimination is considerable, an involution of the effect of the cardiotónicos.

Galénicas Forms/Dosage

- Infusion: two soperas spoonfuls in the middle liter of water. To instill 10 minutes. To take during the day.

- fluid Extract (1:1): 30 to 50 drops, three to five times to the day.

- It tinctures (1:10): 50-100 drops, one to three times to the day.

- Syrup (3% of fluid extract): 1 to 5 soperas spoonfuls to the day.

- Macerated glicerinado (homeopática Dilution D1): 50 drops, three times to the day.

- vegetal Coal: one or two tablets or one or two teaspoons of coffee, one to three times to the day.

External use:

- Infusion (I appear) or decocción (crust), applied in form of washings or compresas.

- Pomada, with fluid or glicólico extract.

Bibliography

Bézanger-Beauquesne, L; Pinkas, M; Torck, M. You plant dans to Them the Therapeutique Moderne. 2ª. Paris: Maloine, 1986, p. 345.

Bézanger-Beauquesne, L; Pinkas, M; Torck, M; Trotin, F. Plantes Médicinales DES Regions Tempérées. Paris: Maloine, 1980, p. 66.

Him Floc'h, And Contribution to unites Etude Ethnobotanique of the Flore Tunisienne. Imprimerie Officielle of the République Tunisienne, 1983, p. 71.

Paris, RR; Moyse, M. Précis de Matière Médicale. Take II. Paris: Masson, 1967, p. 90.

Peris, JB; Stübing, G; Vanaclocha, B. Applied Fitoterapia. Valencia: M.I. Official school of Phamacists, 1995, p. 126.

Creek, D; Obón, C. Gui'a Incafo of Plantas Useful and Poisonous of the Iberian Peninsula and Baleares. Madrid: Incafo, 1991, pp. 444-5.

Hellemont, J. Compendium de Phytotherapie go. Bruxelles: Association Pharmaceutique Belge, 1986, p. 312.

Villar, L; Palacín, JM; Bald, C; Go'mez, D; Montserrat, G. Plantas Medicinal of the Pyrenean oscenses Aragonese and others tierrras. 2ª. Huesca: Provincial delegation, 1992, p. 183.

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