GRASS ESQUINANCIA (asperula cynanchica)

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	GRASS ESQUINANCIA
	*asperula cynanchica*

Name
GRASS ESQUINANCIA

Scientific Name
asperula cynanchica

GRASS ESQUINANCIA

Description:

The grass of the esquinancia is a small plant that usually does not reach more than two handspans of height. The stock lasts during long time; nevertheless, the branches and the leaves renew every year. These branches are very fine and lack hair. The leaves are pointed and are born grouped in five or four groups in the different knots. It grows in dry and calcáreos places, specially in the quite stony and sandy ones to any altitude, or at level of the sea like in mountains near the 2,000 ms.

Used Part

The aerial sumidades.

Flowering:

The grass of the esquinancia begins to bloom during the month of May and continues blooming the summer throughout, to finalize in autumn. The flowers are very small, of pink color and with the chalice in funnel form. The fruits also are very small and lack hair as the rest of the plant. You are collected specially aerial part of the plant, at the time of flowering that is when they have his more active principles. If they are wanted to conserve during long time is advisable to put them to dry to the sun and to later keep them in crystal jars hermetically closed and in place without humidity.

Active Principles

Plant little studied. Probably the diurética action must to heterósidos of alizarina, like in other rubiáceas.

Farmacológica Action

Ample popular use like diurético, urinary and hypotensile antiseptic. Also like espasmolítico, antiinflammatory and hepatoprotector. Formerly it had an ample social use like infuso.

Indications

Cystitis, urolitiasis, uretritis, nefritis, pielonefritis, prostatitis. Helping in the treatment of the obesity and the hypertension. Anginas (esquinancia).

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.

Administration:

Infusion. Liter of water is put means to boil and later 30 are added gr.. of the plant. It is taken like diurético and to dilute to the calculations 3 times to the day after the meals - Cofoundation. 1 liter of water is put to warm up 50 along with gr.. of the plant. They become gárgaras after straining the prepared one to fight the anginas - Cataplasm. The plant is crushed and it is placed on a cotton rag. It is applied on the throat to cure infections.

Galénicas Forms/Dosage

- Infusion: a spoonful of dessert by cup, three or more to the day.

- Decocción: in form of gárgaras or cataplasms.

Bibliography

Mulet, L. Estudio Etnobotánico of the Province of Castellón. Castellón: Provincial delegation, 1991, p. 81.

Villar, L; Palacín, JM; Bald, C; Go'mez, D; Montserrat, G. Plantas Medicinal of the Pyrenean oscenses Aragonese and others tierrras. 2ª. Huesca: Provincial delegation, 1992, p. 42.

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