English: cajeput tree, tea punk tree, swamp tree, to paper back, white tea tree.
This it is a tree that grows up to 20 meter of stop has a very heavy crust, his leaves are ovaloide and narrow in both sides, their flowers are white almost always.
Used Part
The fresh leaves and the crust of the young branches.
Active Principles
Essential oil (1%), rich in cineol or eucaliptol, l-pineno, terpineol, l-limoneno, dipenteno, aldehydes (valeraldehido, benzaldehido), sesquiterpenos, azuleno. The crust contains betulínico acid.
Except for express indication, we recommended to abstain to internally prescribe essential oils during the pregnancy, the lactancia, to smaller children of six years or gastroduodenales patients with gastritis, ulcers, syndrome of the null and voidable intestine, ulcerosa colitis, neurological disease of Crohn, hepatopatías, epilepsy, Parkinson or other diseases.
Not to administer, neither to apply topically to smaller children of six years nor to people with respiratory allergies or well-known hypersensitivity to this one or other essential oils.
Precaution/Poisonings
To prescribe the essential oil with precaution, mainly in children, by the possibility of appearance of broncoespasmos allergic reactions or. Topically it can produce contact dermatitis. Of preventive form we recommended to practice a previous Test of tolerance to the application of inhalations with essential oil: to inhale during 15 seconds and to wait for 30 minutes.
Galénicas Forms/Dosage
Internal use:
- essential Oil (to see previous sections):
1-3 drops, on a lump of sugar, two or three times to the day.
Capsules (25 to 50 mg/cáps.), 2 or 3 to the day.
Supositorios (10 mg/sup.), 1 to 3 to the day.
Humid inhalations (5 to 10 drops in the middle liter of hot water).
Aerosols (1.2 g by each 50 prepared mililiter of).
- fluid Extract (1:1): 20-50 drops, one to three times to the day.
- It tinctures (1:5): 50-100 drops, one to three times to the day.
External use:
- Pomada (10-20% fluid extract) or frictions of alcoholic solution, in rheumatic pains, or topical application in ictiosis, psoriasis and other dermatosis.
- Against the dental pains: to apply a drop of essence absorbed in one torunda of cotton on the confronted tooth.
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