In century xvi it enjoyed very good reputation like remedy against the ganglionary tumors that appeared in the tuberculosis, against the goiter, in the paperas or to make disappear the cutaneous eruptions. In the century xlx was discovered its true effect on the organism: it reduces the glucose level in blood, reason why one took the lead of the remedies used by the diabetics.
CHARACTERISTICS: Vivaz is a plant, that raises more than half meter thanks to a green stem, turgid, of square section, with simple leaves, opposed (of two in two, one as opposed to the other), of made oval form, pointed or acorazonada, with the dentated edges. Under the ground, the stem is continued in rizoma irregular, filled with swellings, which arise commas protuberances, thicknesses, of two in two, one as opposed to the other (of there the nodosa Latin name with swellings). The flowers, abundant, reddish pequeñitas but, are grouped in ramilletes terminal, the end of the stem and the lateral small branches. It gives off a very disagreeable scent; its flavor is bitter, nauseous. The flame also grass of San Pedro or black grass.
LOCATION: It lives in the North hemisphere by enzyme of the tropical regions although it is rare in the American continent. One is in humid and shady places, in the continental forests, mainly of oaks and you have.
Used Part
Rizoma, occasionally the flowery leaves and sumidades.
ACTIVE PRINCIPLES: Stems, leaves, flowers and fruits have saponinas, vitamin C and glucósido that confers its virtues to him for the cardiac diseases and like diurético. In rizoma they are compound such except the saponinas. In Germany, they denominated "grass of red rust" because the cattle emitted tinkles it with a reddish previously coloration if it had ingested the plant, and it would have to the presence of saponinas.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES: It is a purifying, healing, vulneraria plant, reduces the sugar level in blood and is diurética. The saponina is the responsible principle to heal the affections of the skin, for which she was employee in century CVL.
HARVESTING: The plants must be cut in summer, when it is in flower; it is used finds out, except for rizoma that, if is left in the ground, it will originate new plants the following year.
USES And APPLICATIONS: The first uses of the escrofularia (to cure the eruptions of the skin) consisted of crushing the plant and letting macerate it in vinegar; soon they applied the liquid with a cloth on the affected zone, they bandaged it and they thus maintained it during two days. At the moment, the decocción, about 50 grams by liter of water is used, using the pricked plant once in a taken care of mortar and having in taking advantage of all the generous juice. That juice can be used directly to cure sores. Against the hemorroides, the water of the decocción in seat baths is used. As diurético (to eliminate greater amount of it tinkles) or as hipoglicemiante (to reduce the sugar level of the blood) the liquid of the decocción can drink, although he is more effective to prepare an infusion with with the trocitos of the plant in a cup of hot water three times to the day
The denomination of the escrofularia as grass of San Pedro talks about the tradition of which the plant must take shelter the eve of that festividad, during the night. If one keeps in house it as opposed to protects his inhabitants possible cerebral spills.
Bud of escrofularia, with detail of its flowers, that give off a nauseous scent. As active principles have the saponina, vitamin C and glucósido. Between their properties are those to fight the diseases cardiac and the diabetes, to cure the hemorroides, sores and hurt and to be healing and diurética.
The ingestion of two or three daily cups of infusion of escrofularia reduces the sugar level in blood.
Farmacológica Action
Laxative, by antraquinónicos compounds, antiinflammatory, by the iridoideos heterósidos ones. Hipoglucemiantes properties are attributed to him, stimulating hepáticas and diuréticas.
Formerly it was used like antiescrofulosa (from where it derives the escrofularia name), vulneraria (healing) and antihemorroidal.
Indications
Constipation, disquinesias hepatobiliares, diabetes, furunculosis. States in which an increase of the diuresis is required: genitourinarias affections (cystitis, ureteritis, uretritis, urolitiasis), hiperazotemia, hiperuricemia, drop, arterial hypertension, edemas, overweight accompanied by retention of liquids.
Galénicas Forms/Dosage
- Decocción (rizoma): to boil during 5 minutes a spoonful of dessert in 200 cc of water. Two or three cups to the day, before the meals.
- Infusion (flowers, leaves): a spoonful of dessert by cup, to instill 10 minutes. Two or three cups to the day.
Bibliography
Bézanger-Beauquesne, L; Pinkas, M; Torck, M. You plant dans to Them the Therapeutique Moderne. 2ª. Paris: Maloine, 1986, p. 389.
Bézanger-Beauquesne, L; Pinkas, M; Torck, M; Trotin, F. Plantes Médicinales DES Regions Tempérées. Paris: Maloine, 1980, p. 306.
Him Floc'h, And Contribution to unites Etude Ethnobotanique of the Flore Tunisienne. Imprimerie Officielle of the République Tunisienne, 1983, p. 227.
Paris, RR; Moyse, M. Précis de Matière Médicale. Take II. Paris: Masson, 1967, p. 247.
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