It is plant of external use: Conjuntivitis, pain and reddening of the eyes, lagrimeo. It is plant of external use: Conjuntivitis, pain and reddening of the eyes, lagrimeo.
The grass of the myopic ones has been called it "", since its juice has been used like coiris to heal the eyes. In Dutch it is known like ogentroost that means "consolation of the eyes". Its scientific name, euphrasia, are a Greek expression of joy, that makes reference to the joy that feels when it has obtained to a treatment thanks to the plant.
Branch of eufrasia that shows its beautiful asymmetric flowers (detail of one of them to the left), that are distributed throughout the stems. All the plant contains active principles, with antiinflammatory action, analgesic and antiseptic.
The most frequent applications of the infusion of eufrasia are to fight the conjuntivitis, the ocular fatigue and to avoid lagañas.
One is an annual plant that does not raise more than two handspans of the ground, of turgid, reddish stem, graft. The leaves, of grayish green color, made oval, small, with the indented edges, are had two in two, one as opposed to the other, covering the stem almost in their totality. They have many glands that summarize essence. The flowers, white, with violet rays in the inner part of the petals, in form of glass, not more a centimeter, are had in the superior part of the stem. The fruit is a closed capsule, divided in two compartments, each one of which contains several seeds that have been thrown to the outside when, when maturing, they are opened. The roots have many ramifications that are entered in the roots of the neighboring plants and absorb the sap of these.
LOCATION: It lives in Europe, the level one and the highest mountains. One has been to 3,000 ms of altitude. It lives next to other plants, on which, partly, it is fed through his sucking roots of sap; nevertheless, it can live without parasitar no other plant. It is developed in the meadows and places moved away of it shades.
ACTIVE PRINCIPLES: All the plant, that is to say, root, stem, flowers and fruits contain active substances farmalógicamente: glucósido, essential, draws resin from, tannins and a pigment responsible for the reddish coloration of the stem
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES: She is, as we said in the beginning, the one of the eyes. She is analgesic, antiinflammatory and antiseptic.
HARVESTING: The whole plant is used, that must be taken (it can be done without the root) when it begins to bloom, that is to say, at the height of summer. It must be dried quickly and in the then once separated shade the plant of the essential oils and with more rapidity in the presence of the lot begin to still degrade themselves. One keeps in containers with hermetic, in dry and dark places.
USES And APPLICATIONS: There was a time in which the flowers were placed directly on the eyes to heal them of any disease; but the form to use eufrasia is with I eliminate of a prepared infusion as it follows place about 15 grams of plant (leaves, flowers or branches) in a cup, fills a cup with boiling water and it is covered, is let cool it is strained, it applied directly on the eye with a dropper or with a cloth it soaks effective against the conjuntivitis, to eliminate legañas or to alleviate the pain ocular globes when the Vista has been forced. It will be applied three or four times to the day. The infusion is prepared in the morning and if it exceeds, it is thrown at night, because it does not have to keep from a day for the other.
Used Part
The aerial sumidades.
Farmacológica Action
Antiinflammatory, eupéptico, antiseptic astringent (antidiarréico, hemostatic by local, healing vasoconstricción).
Not to prescribe forms of metering with alcoholic content for oral administration to smaller children of two years nor to consultantes in process of etílica deshabituación.
Indirect effect
The tannins can produce irritation of the gastroduodenal mucosa. This effect can be palliated adding demulcentes drugs like the malvavisco.
Precaution/Poisonings
To consider the alcoholic content of the fluid extract and the dye.
Galénicas Forms/Dosage
Internal use:
- Infusion: a spoonful of dessert by cup, to instill 10 minutes. Three cups to the day, after the meals.
- fluid Extract (1:1): 30-50 drops, one to three times to the day.
- It tinctures (1:10): 50-100 drops, two or three times to the day.
External use:
- Infusion: applied in form of compresas, ocular coirises or baths (to isotonizar), nasal colutorios, garglings, washings or instilaciones.
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