CALIFORNIAN POPPY (eschoscholtzia californica))

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	CALIFORNIAN POPPY
	*eschoscholtzia californica)*

Name
CALIFORNIAN POPPY

Scientific Name
eschoscholtzia californica)

CALIFORNIAN POPPY

Used Part

The aerial sumidades.

Active Principles

Alkaloids: alocriptopina, quelidonina, protopina, berberina, californidina, queleritrina, quelilutina, quelirrubina, coptisina, escolina and escolcidina, among others. Flavonoides: rutósido (5%). Heterósidos cianogenéticos: Succínico Acido. Escolciaxantina (colorante).

Farmacológica Action

Sedative, hipnótico of smooth, analgesic, espasmolítico, sedative character cardiac, diaforético.

Indications

Upheavals of the dream, tachycardia, anxiety, neuralgias, jaquecas, neurógena, prurito, urticaria hypertension arterial.

Contraindications

Glaucoma. Pregnancy, lactancia, smaller children of ten years.

He is incompatible with other sedative benzodiacepinas or other medications, with antihistamine and the spirits.

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

Precaution/Poisonings

To prescribe discontinuous treatments.

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

Galénicas Forms/Dosage

- Infusion: A dessert teaspoon by cup. Three or more cups to the day.

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

- Dye (1:5, 50º): 50-100 drops, two or three times to the day.

- Syrup (5-10% of fluid extract): One to three soperas spoonfuls to the day.

- Dust: 250 mg/cápsula, one to three to the day.

- dry Extract (5:1): 50 to 300 mg/día.

Observation: Due to the great variability of the composition of the plant and its repercussion in the end item we recommended to ask for previous information to the supplier on the content in alkaloids of the extractive forms of metering (specially the concentrated ones).

Bibliography

Bézanger-Beauquesne, L; Pinkas, M; Torck, M; Trotin, F. Plantes Médicinales DES Regions Tempérées. Paris: Maloine, 1980, pp. 117-8.

D'Arcy, PF. Adver reactions and interactions with herbal medicine. Part II. Drug interactions. Adver Drug React Toxicol Rev, 1993; 12 (3): 147-162.

James, A; Duke, Ph D. Handbook of Medicinal Herbs. 5ª. Mouth Mouse, Florida: CRC Press, 1987, p. 184.

Peris, JB; Stübing, G; Vanaclocha, B. Applied Fitoterapia. Valencia: M.I. Official school of Phamacists, 1995, pp. 145-6.

Hellemont, J. Compendium de Phytotherapie go. Bruxelles: Association Pharmaceutique Belge, 1986, p. 153.

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