The herniaria is a herbaceous plant that can last several years, although does not get to become a plant very robust; it takes very firm and graft roots, which allows him to colonize all type of grounds, still most moving. It has small leaves, lanceoladas, and the flowers that are also grouped forming tiny ears are slight. The plant occurs in all Europe and great part of Asia, growing in all type of substrate, mainly in those sandy poor men and.
Administration:
Infusion. The plant in variable amount, between 40 and 60 gr., is added to a liter of boiling water; it is let cool and it is strained. Several cups to the day can be taken. This plant frequently is associated other diuréticas grass, to increase its effect. In pharmacy it is easy to find it as much single as mixed with others.
Flowering:
The plant blooms at the beginning of year, almost in spring, although it can continue blooming until the summer. The harvesting is made in the same period of flowering, since it is at this moment when the plant is richer in active principles. It is important that once dried it is conserved in hermetic jars and outside the light.
Plant badly studied from the scientific point of view, with ample diurético popular application as (popularly rompepiedras is denominated to him also) and antispasmodic at level of urinary routes (action that could be due to the potassium salts and the cumarinas); demulcente.
Indications
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.
In external use: eczema, psoriasis.
Contraindications
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.
Precaution/Poisonings
Its use like diurético in the presence of hypertension, cardiopathies or moderate renal insufficiency or burdens, only must become by prescription and under medical checkup, before the danger that can suppose the uncontrolled contribution of liquids, the possibility that a tensional descompensación takes place or, if the potassium elimination is considerable, an involution of the effect of the cardiotónicos.
To consider the alcoholic content of the fluid extract and the dye.
Galénicas Forms/Dosage
- Infusion: 30 to 60 g/l, to instill 10 minutes. To take during the day. Frequently it is associated to other diuréticas drugs.
- fluid Extract (1:1): 30-50 drops, three to five times to the day.
- It tinctures (1:5): 50-100 drops, one to three times to the day.
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