GRAMA PHARMACY (agropyrum repens)

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	GRAMA PHARMACY
	*agropyrum repens*

Name
GRAMA PHARMACY

Scientific Name
agropyrum repens

GRAMA PHARMACY

Used Part

Rizoma, popularly also the inflorescencias are used.

Active Principles

- Rizoma: Triticina (3-8%), polisacárido of structure similar to the inulina; mucílagos (10%), manitol, inositol. Saponósidos. Essential oil plans (0,01-0,05%): agropireno, vainillósido. Acidos fenolcarboxílicos. Abundant salts of potassium, silicic acid, silicates.

- Inflorescencias: Essential oil tannins, flavonoides, plans; cumarinas and furanocumarinas.

Farmacológica Action

- Rizoma: The potassium salts and the triticina have a diurético effect. The silica, remineralizante. The agropireno is antiseptic. The silicic salts confer remineralizantes properties to him and contribute to the maintenance of the fundamental substance of the conjuntivo weave (colágeno) by the fibroblasts, increased the elasticity of weaves.

- the inflorescencias are used popularly like antiinflammatory (heat vehicle) and like tranquilizer.

Indications

- Rizoma: States in which an increase of the diuresis is required: genitourinarias affections (cystitis, ureteritis, uretritis, pielonefritis, oliguria, urolitiasis), hiperazotemia, hiperuricemia, drop, arterial hypertension, edemas, overweight accompanied by retention of liquids. Osteoporosis, consolidation of fractures.

- Inflorescencias (topical use): inflammations osteoarticulares, mialgias, tendinitis, bursitis, contusions.

Contraindications

- Rizoma: 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.

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.

- Inflorescencias: to the equal one in the preparation of the promotions of rice, potato, hay, pastomiel, etc., full of inflorescencias a saquito of cotton and is put in boiling water. One removes, one slips very well (with gloves), and it is applied in form of emplasto warms up (40-42º C). He is recommendable to surround the zone well to treat, so that the heat is conserved better. One or two is applied compresas to the day, during 45-60 minutes.

Precaution/Poisonings

- Rizoma: To consider the alcoholic content of the fluid extract and the dye.

- Inflorescencias: To make sure that they are not going away to produce burns by excess of temperature.

Galénicas Forms/Dosage

- Decocción: 10-20 g/litro. To boil 10 minutes, to instill 30 minutes, three either the more cups to the day. The decocción in two times is recommended: to boil during a minute with a little water, to retire it and to boil 10 minutes in 1 liter, this way, disappear the bitter flavor. Also mint, regaliz or anise to improve the flavor can be added.

- fluid Extract (1:1): 50 drops, one to three times to the day.

- It tinctures (1:5): 50-100 drops, 1-3 times to the day.

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