This beautiful one of European mountains, besides to cheer the Vista with its colorful one, communicates an pleasant sweet flavor to the tisanes done with her. In the north of Europe very it is appreciated, and their buds to tier to us eat in salad.
Habitat: spread by all Europe and northern Asia. In Spain one is in mountains of the north, of the center and in Sierra Nevada. One grows up in cold mountain forests.
Description: it plants vivaz of the family of the Enoteráceas, whose rigid stem reaches 70-100 cms. of height. Their flowers have 4 petals and 4 sépalos of pink color alive or purple.
Properties and indications: all the plant contains tannin, pectina and mucílago. It has properties astringents, due to his tannin content; and emollients (desinflama the skin and the mucous), thanks to its wealth in mucílagos and pectina. Their more common applications are the following ones:
Diarreas, gastroenteritis, and in general, all the inflammations of the digestive mucosa. In addition to its effect astringent, the Epilobio is antiinflammatory. It cuts the diarrea and it makes disappear the abdominal malaise.
Estomatitis (inflammation of the buccal mucosa), gingivitis and faringitis: applied in mouthwashes and garglings it has antiinflammatory effect and it leaves an pleasant sensation of coolness in the mouth.
Benign prostate Hiperplasia and treatment of the associated urinary symptoms. Prevention and treatment of the influenza. In topical use: dérmicas dermatitises, estomatitis, faringitis, parodontopatías, wounds, ulceraciones.
Use: in infusion with 50 grams of dry flowers and root in a liter of water, from which 4 or 5 daily cups are taken.
For external use and Mouthwashes and garglings that are made with the same infusion that is used internally.
Used Part
The dry flowers and the root. of the Epilobium species angustifolium L.; And parviflorum Schreb.; And hirsutum L.; And montanum L. and E. roseum Schreb., among others.
Active Principles
Flavonoides derived from kenferol, quercetol and miricetol (specially miricetin 3-Or-beta-D-glucuronido). Fitosteroles: beta-sitosterol. Macrocyclical elágicos tannins: oenoteínas To and B (10-14%).
Farmacológica Action
- the elagitaninos oenoteína To and more specifically the B, present/display a prostate antiadenomatosa action, when inhibiting the the 5 activity of alpha-reductasa and aromatasa, two enzymes involved in the etiología of hiperplasia benign of prostate (Ducrey ET to; Lesuisse ET al.).
- the tannins present/display in addition an action astringent (healing).
- Antiinflammatory: miricetin extraido 3-Or-beta-D-glucuronido of the leaves of Epilobium angustifolium L. experimentally presented/displayed a powerful antiflogística action (than ten times more superior to the one of the indometacina) and inhibiting of the synthesis of prostaglandins (comparable to the one of the indometacina) (Hierman ET al.).
- the polifenólica hirsutum And and the hidroalcohólicos extracts fraction showed to a significant inhibiting action of the virus influenza. And an increase of the inespecíficas defenses (Ivancheva ET to.)
- the flowed extract of Epilobium hirsutum presents/displays a antitumorlike action in alive (ascítico tumor of Ehrlich, leucosis P-80) (Voynova ET al.).
Precaution/Poisonings
To consider the alcoholic content of the fluid extract.
Galénicas Forms/Dosage
- Infusion: 5 g by cup. Three cups to the day.
- dry Extract (5:1): 300 mg by cásula, one to three to the day.
- fluid Extract (1:1): 30-50 drops, one to three times to the day.
External use:
- glicólico Extract (1:5), in gels or creams.
Bibliography
Ducrey B; Marston A; Göhring S; Hartmann RW; Hostettmann K. Inhibition of 5 alpha-reductase and aromatase by the ellagitannins oenothein To and oenothein B from Epilobium species. It plants Med, 63:111-4, 1997 Apr.
Ivancheva S; Manolova N; Serkedjieva J; Dimov V; Ivanovska N. Polyphenols from medicinal Bulgarian plants with anti-infectious activity. BASIC Life Sci, 59:717-28, 1992.
Lesuisse D; Berjonneau J; Ciot C; Devaux P; Doucet B; Gourvest JF; Khemis B; Lang C; Legrand R; Lowinski M; Maquin P; Parent A; Schoot B; Teutsch G. Determination of oenothein B ace the activates 5-alpha-reductase-inhibiting principle of the folk Epilobium medicine parviflorum. J Nat Prod, 59:490-2, 1996 May.
Peris, JB; Stübing, G: Vanaclocha, B. Applied Fitoterapia. Valencia: M.I. Official school of Phamacists, 1995, p. 261
Hellemont, J. Compendium de Phytotherapie go. Bruxelles: Assotiation Pharmaceeutique Belge, 1986, pp.143-4.
Voynova E; Dimitrova S; Naydenova E; Karadjov P. Inhibitory action of extracts of aurantiaca Maclura and Epilobium hirsutum on tumour models in mice. Act Physiol Pharmacol Bulg, 17:50-2, 1991.
Witchtl, M. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceutical. To for Handbook Practice on to Scientific basis. Stuttgart: Medpharm Scientific Publishers, 1994, pp.185-7.
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