ÁSARO (asarum europaeum)

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	ÁSARO
	*asarum europaeum*

Name
ÁSARO

Scientific Name
asarum europaeum

ÁSARO

Castilian: bácara

Family: Aristoloquiáceas

DESCRIPTION:

Crawling plant. 10-15 cm. of height. Great leaves, with form of kidney, dark green color. Flowers of greenish color purple or.

USED PART:

Root and leaves

HABITAT:

European leafy forests. In Spain it grows single in the North third

ACTION FARMACOLÓGICA And INDICATIONS

Vomiting.

Laxative cathartic (used at the moment single in veterinary medicine)

Sneezing (nasal congestión, rinitis)

Active Principles

Essential oil (1%): asarona, arisílico aldehyde, metil-eugenol, acetate of bornilo, terpenos, sesquiterpenos, diasarona. Alkaloids: asarina. Ascórbico acid, B1 vitamin.

Indications

At the moment in disuse. One was used for the treatment of chronic and atróficas rinitis, gastroduodenales bronchitis, asthma and ulceraciones.

Contraindications

Pregnancy, lactancia, children, neurological patients with hepatopatías, diseases.

Precaution/Poisonings

Asarona is highly toxic: it produces sensation of quemazón on the language, estornudos, irritation of the gastric mucosa and can be narcotic and abortion. To high doses it can produce asthenia, tachycardia, convulsions, midriasis, fotofobia, disnea, and even comma and death by respiratory paralysis.

To have the account the alcoholic content of the fluid extract.

Galénicas Forms/Dosage

- fluid Extract (1:1): 0,05 g/día like expectorante, 0.2 g/día like vomiting (1 g = 39 drops)

USES

INFUSION

5-10 g by the fresh root by water cup. 1 or 2 cups maximum to the day

EXTERNAL USE

To use the dust by the root or hohas dry to eliminate the nasal mucosity (single pulgarada)

Bibliography

Benigni, R; Capra, C; Cattorini, P. Piante Medicinali. Chimica, Farmacologia and Terapia. Milano: Inverni & Della Beffa, 1962, pp. 107-10.

Bézanger-Beauquesne, L; Pinkas, M; Torck, M; Trotin, F. Plantes Médicinales DES Regions Tempérées. Paris: Maloine, 1980, p. 83.

Fernandez, M; Grandson, To Plantas Medicinal. Pamplona: Editions University of Navarre, 1982, p. 222.

Creek, D; Obón, C. Gui'a Incafo of Plantas Useful and Poisonous of the Iberian Peninsula and Baleares. Madrid: Incafo, 1991, pp. 239-40.

Trease, GE; Evans, WCh. Farmacognosia. Mexico D.F.: Inter-American -- MacGraw-Hill, 1991, p. 192.

Hellemont, J. Compendium de Phytotherapie go. Bruxelles: Association Pharmaceutique Belge, 1986, p. 52.

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