It is a species used in the North regions and center of our country, recommended mainly for renales problems. Its treatment consists of grinding or pricking all the plant, with or without root, to ingest it like tea. In other zones of the Mexican territory one drinks as liquefied for affections of the lung or is suggested to eat it perforated and with lemon. For malaises of the heart, investigations of field indicate that the leaves and the stem are good, for which is recommended that they eat every day in salad. In the treatment of stomach aches a cofoundation with the fresh branches becomes or they are ground to take itself as water from use. Also the Watercress is used to treat the anemia, goiter and diabetes. The treatment, for these cases, consists of the infusion of its branches.
Plant that measures of 10 to 50 cm. of height, with smooth and very graft stem. Their leaves are extended of oval form and with ribbings very marked. Their flowers of white color, originate fruits in form of extended cases. It inhabits in climates semiwarm, semidry, dry and tempering. The Watercress grows wild to borders of rivers and streams. She is associate to the scrub xerófilo, forests of encino and compound of pine.
Used Part
The aerial sumidades.
Active Principles
Glucosinolatos: gluconasturtósido. Vitamins To, C, B2, PP and E. mineral Sales: sodium, iodine, iron, phosphorus, manganese. Enzymes. Bitter principle.
Farmacológica Action
Appetizer, vitaminic, remineralizante. Diurético, stimulating of the hairy leather (rubefaciente). Béquico, expectorante. Slightly hipoglucemiante.
Indications
Lack of appetite, convalecencia. Faringitis, laryngitis, bronchitis. Diabetes. Anemia. Disquinesias hepatobiliares. Prevention of escorbuto. States in which an increase of the diuresis is required: genitourinarias affections (cystitis, ureteritis, uretritis, oliguria, urolitiasis), hiperazotemia, hiperuricemia, drop, arterial hypertension, edemas, overweight accompanied by retention of liquids.
In topical use: gingivitis, parodontopatías, alopecia, seborreica dermatitis.
Contraindications
Gastroduodenales gastritis, ulcus, inflammations of the urinary routes, hipotiroidismo (to see precautions).
Precaution/Poisonings
To carefully clean the plant before being used, because frequently, in the leaves, eggs exist and larvae of parasites and virus of the hepatitis To Is even more recommendable the consumption of cultivated varieties.
To overdoses, or used of prolonged form, it can cause irritation of the endotelios gastric and renal.
The gluconasturtósido one has a goitrogénica activity (bociogénica): they inhibit peroxidasa irreversibly tioridea preventing the iodide oxidation to iodine, as well as the system of transport of iodine to the tiroideas cells, diminishing the production of tiroxina (Trease; Mulet, 97).
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
Internal use:
- Decocción, generally with other diuréticas vegetables and vegetables. A liter or more to the day.
- fresh Plant, in salads (to see precautions).
- Juice: 50 to 150 g/día, single or associated to other juice.
External use:
- fresh Juice, applied in form of frictions on the hairy leather.
- Extract glicólico (1:5), applied pure or in form of gels or creams.
Bibliography
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Bézanger-Beauquesne, L; Pinkas, M; Torck, M; Trotin, F. Plantes Médicinales DES Regions Tempérées. Paris: Maloine, 1980, p.134.
Fernandez, M; Grandson, To Plantas Medicinal. Pamplona: Editions University of Navarre, 1982, p. 231.
Loew, D; Heimsoth, V; Kuntz, E; Schilcher, H. Fitofármacos, pharmacology and clinic of the "diuréticos vegetales". In: Diuréticos: Chemistry, therapeutic pharmacology and, including fitoterapia. Barcelona: Salvat, 1991, pp. 233-259.
Mulet, L. Estudio Etnobotánico of the Province of Castellón. Castellón: Provincial delegation, 1991, pp. 295-6.
Mulet, L. toxic Flora of the Valencian Community. Castellón: Provincial delegation, 1997, pp. 24; 383.
Peris, JB; Stübing, G; Figuerola, R. Gui'a of Plantas Medicinal of the Valencian Community. Valencia: The Provinces, 1996, p. 148.
Creek, D; Obón, C. Gui'a Incafo of Plantas Useful and Poisonous of the Iberian Peninsula and Baleares. Madrid: Incafo, 1991, pp. 465-6.
Hellemont, J. Compendium de Phytotherapie go. Bruxelles: Association Pharmaceutique Belge, 1986, pp. 261.
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.159.
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