Abundant tannins. Heterósidos iridoideos: aucubósido (derived from the harpágido one). Acidos fenolcarboxílicos: caféico, clorogénico. Ajugarina.
Farmacológica Action
Popularly astringente(antidiarréico, healing) and stimulating is considered of the appetite.
Indications
Diarreas. Lack of appetite.
In topical use: hurt and dérmicas, buccal or corneales ulceraciones, blefaritis, conjuntivitis, parodontopatías, faringitis, dermatitis, eritemas, prurito, vulvovaginitis.
Contraindications
Gastritis, gastroduodenal ulcer: the tannins can irritate the gastric mucosa. This indirect effect can be palliated associating it to drugs with mucílagos, like the malvavisco.
Galénicas Forms/Dosage
Internal use:
- Infusion: a spoonful of dessert by cup, to instill 10 minutes. Two or three cups to the day.
External use:
- Infusion: a sopera spoonful by cup. To apply in form of washings, ocular compresas, colutorios, garglings, baths (to isotonizar), or vaginal irrigations.
Bibliography
Bruneton, J. Elementos de Fitoquímica and Farmacognosia. Zaragoza: Acribia, 1991, p.184.
Him Floc'h, And Contribution to unites Etude Ethnobotanique of the Flore Tunisienne. Imprimerie Officielle of the République Tunisienne, 1983, p. 203-4.
Peris, JB; Stübing, G; Figuerola, R. Gui'a of Plantas Medicinal of the Valencian Community. Valencia: The Provinces, 1996, p. 189.
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