ARRASTRERA (gayuba arctostaphylos uva ursi)

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	ARRASTRERA
	*gayuba arctostaphylos uva ursi*

Name
ARRASTRERA

Scientific Name
gayuba arctostaphylos uva ursi

ARRASTRERA

Other Names:

Arrastrera, Crawling Madroño, Manzanilla de Pastor, Grape of Bear, Grape of Fox

When still they were left bears in mountains of Europe, they enjoyed feeding itself with the small berries gayuba, that porsu forms and flavor, seem small harinosas apples. They are eatable, although

medicinal properties of the plant reside mainly in their leaves. The use of gayuba goes back to distant times in the countries of the north of Europe, but the great classic, Greek and Roman botanists, did not know this plant. In century XVIII already they were known, in all Europe and America, the excellent properties of this plant for the treatment of the diseases of the urinary routes.

Habitat: although she is original of the north of Europe and Asia, at the present time one is extended by all Europe and North America. In Spain one is in his half this. It abounds in lateral stony lands and with mountains.

Description: ligneous subshrub of the family of the Ericáceas, that reaches from 15 to 30 cms. of height. Their stems are long and crawling, and the leaves are perennial, fleshy, small and of dark green color. The flowers are cleared, of white or pink color. It gives fruit in berry of shining red color.

Used parts: the leaves.

Properties and indications: the leaves of gayuba contain abundant tannins, that they confer action to them astringent, glucósidos flavonoides, that determine their diurética action slightly, and greasy and resinous matters. But the more important active principle is the arbutina, glucósido phenolic whose genina is the hydroquinone. This substance provides a powerful antiseptic and antiinflammatory action on the urinary organs, and it is eliminated with tinkles it. So that the hydroquinone exerts its action, it is required that it tinkles it has alkaline reaction, because it is inactivated when pH is acid. This does not create any problem for those who takes a vegetarian feeding, because they eliminate you tinkle alkaline. Nevertheless, who follow a regime rich in meats and seafood, they produce you tinkle acid, and gayuba does not act in them. It agrees, therefore, that during treatment with gayuba follows diet vegetarian, rich in fruits and vegetables, that in addition to alcalinizar tinkles it and to allow that gayuba acts, has a positive effect on the urinary affections. It also tinkles it can be alcalinizar temporarily taking sódico bicarbonate, although its action lasts just a short time and the bicarbonate is not free of indirect effect. Since the producing germs of urinary infections often become resistant to habitual antibiotics and antiseptics, gayuba offers an alternative valid to treat these affections; although, in case of urinary infection, always it is necessary to consult with the doctor. Gayuba, single or complemented by other treatments, is indicated in the following cases:

Pielonefritis: is infection of pelvis renal (cavity which it exists within the kidney), in that it is collected tinkles it produced. This affection attends with fever in needles (intermittent high fever), tinkles cloudy and pain in the kidneys. Gayuba, when eliminating itself by tinkles its active principles, acts like antiseptic and antiinflammatory.

Cystitis (infection and inflammation of vejiga urinary): gayuba calm the sensation of irritation and the irritation that takes place when tinkling. It is specially effective in the rebellious chronic cystitis to other treatments.

Uretritis: infection of uretra, that in some cases can be of venereal origin.

Prostatitis, produced almost always as a result of an urinary infection.

Renales calculations and river sands: although according to some it dissolves the urinary calculations, this could not have been demonstrated. In any case, it has a beneficial action on these affections, when preventing the infection of tinkles that them usually it accompanies.

Gayuba communicates a greenish color to tinkles it, which indicates that the treatment is being effective.

Use: decocción of 50-60 grams of leaves dry and crushed, dampened previously during 3-4 hours, by each liter of water; to boil during 15 minutes and to take a cup each 3-4 hours; it does not agree to space plus the takings, because the active principles are eliminated quickly by tinkles it. Maceration of 50 to 60 leaves in a liter of water; they are let rest during 24 hours; later they are strained and 3 daily cups slightly warmed up are taken; it is a good alternative to take gayuba without undergoing the undesirable effects of the tannin; although their effects are less intense than those of the decocción. They exist diverse prepared phamacists with extract of gayuba, that the doctor can prescribe in agreement with the situation of the patient.

Precautions: The treatment with gayuba does not have to last than 10 days followed more. If outside necessary, it is possible to be repeated last some weeks. Some people with delicate stomachs can present/display digestive intolerancia to the tannin that contain the leaves of gayuba. In such cases, she recommends herself to reduce the concentration of the tisane (to only put of 20 to 30 branches of leaves) and simultaneously to take vegetal coal, that absorbs tannins.

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