The redundancy becomes evident in the scientific name of our plant, because althaea it is a Greek word that means with medicinal properties, whereas officinalis talks about any plant used in medicine.
Stem of malvavisco with detail by its root, that accumulates a great amount of mucílago. This plant, that is acclimated in all Europe, seems to be that in the Average Age I know "escaped" of the gardens of the convents where the monks cultivated to commercialize their medicinal properties.
Before the pain teeth or the Ilagas of the mouth he is beneficial to chew root of malvavisco.
Plant vivaz, of herbaceous stem that every year, almost ligneous renews, of more of a meter and means of height, rectum, of aterciopelado tact, like the leaves. These last ones are great, of more or less rhombic form, sure off-white green color. The pink flowers, white or, are developed throughout the stem, in the armpit of the leaves. They have 5 acorazonados petals. The fruit is a covered dark grain, as the rest of the plant, a very dense vellosidad. The root, pivotante (straight, perpendicular to the ground), is long and fleshy. When they are extracted and they are dried, in the herbolarios they are sold under the denomination of Radix althaeae (root of malvavisco) Attention, then, to this name! It is also known him like altea, cañamera grass and bismalva.
LOCATION: From the most remote times it is known of his existence in Asian steppes. It grows in humid grounds, watered with brackish waters, as it happens in the river basins of some rivers, in all the eurasiático continent.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES: It is a very useful plant like expectorante, antitusígena and emollient tranquilizer and to soften the inflamed zones).
HARVESTING: The leaves must be taken at the beginning of the summer, as soon as the flowering begins later the flowers, already at the height of summer and when completely it is developed. But, attention, because leaves and flowers must in the morning collect in days of sun and, because in circumstances they become damp and they can facilitate the appearance of fungi, something very frequent in all the plants of the family. Of formal, the most interesting part she is the one than it must be extracted in autumn, to divide second year, because before they are very thin as soon as they have had time to accumulate active substances to other compounds. Once extracted, pela and keeps well dry.
USES And APPLICATIONS: The root by its high content in mucílago is used generally, but if it is wanted to conserve the plant, they can be made serve to the leaves and the flowers with the tallitos to corresponding (the flowery sumidades). Against the bronchial cough and secretions the water of malvavisco is taken, that is prepared with 50 grams by root, leaving submerged them a liter of water tempered, not very hot during four hours. They take three cups day. Against the sores in the mouth or the pains teeth, root can be chewed (well clean) and the juice that gives off cause a moderate lightening. Like cataplasm, the water of malvavisco with a gauze can be applied on the inflamed or painful zone.
The abundance of mucílagos, mainly in the root, confers properties like antiinflamatorio-demulcente, béquico, expectorante and laxative to him.
Indications
Influenza, resfriados, faringitis, laryngitis, bronchitis, enfisema, asthma. Estomatitis, gastritis, gastroduodenal ulcer, syndrome of the null and voidable intestine, constipation, diarreas. By his demulcente action, it is indicated his topical use in burns, abscesses, forúnculos, gingivitis and faringitis.
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
Due to its abundance of mucílagos, it can be seen reduced the absorption of other medicamentosas substances, if they are taken at the same time. On the contrary, it can be an interesting therapeutic complement to prevent the appearance with gastric annoyances when tisanes with a high tannin content prescribe themselves.
When one prescribes diabetics, the doctor will have to control glucemia to fit, if it is necessary, the doses of insulin or the oral antidiabetics.
To consider the alcoholic content of the flowed extract, the dye and the syrup.
Galénicas Forms/Dosage
Internal use:
- Decocción (root): 10-20 g/l, three cups to the day (he is more pleasant to take than the infusion from flowers and leaves).
- Infusion (leaves, flowers): 5 g by cup. To instill 10 minutes, three or more cups to the day.
- fluid Extract (1:1): 30-50 drops, one to three times to the day.
- It tinctures (1:10): 50-100 drops, one to three times to the day.
- dry Extract (5:1): 0,5-1 g/día, in 2-4 takings.
- Syrup (5 % of fluid extract), four or more spoonfuls to the day.
Topical use:
- Infusion of leaves and flowers: 50 g/l, in form of compresas, colutorios or garglings.
- Decocción (roots): 20 to 30 g/l, applied in form of compresas, lotions, colutorios and garglings.
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