It kills, pertaining to the family of the aquifoliáceas, is a tree of long persistent leaves, with white flowers and reddish berries.
The oficinal part is the leaves.
Origin
He is original of Paraguay, for that reason also it is known him like tea of Paraguay, although at the moment it is cultivated in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.
The Ilex sort counts on more than 800 species being the Ilex aquifolium L. commonest.
Chemical composition
The analysis of the Ilex paraguariensis reveals the caffein presence (0.3 to 2.4%), teobromina (0,1-0,5%), cafeilquínicos acids, mainly acid clorogénico (4 to 14%), numerous saponinas (derived from ursólico and oleanólico acid), flavonoides and antocianinas.
Farmacológicos data
Their properties reside essentially in their leaves, rich in mateína: this analogous substance to caffein has the qualities on the general stimulation of the organism and the combustion of fats of this one, without having the injurious effects related to the nervousness and the upheavals of the dream. In addition, its wealth in saponinas allows to increase to the 824 temogénesis [ him ], that is to say, the power cost of the organism favoring the loss of weight.
Observations in the man
The results of a carried out clinical test with 44 obese ones indicate that a mixture of plants that it includes kills slows down the progression of the nourishing skittle to the outside of the stomach, with which obtains to an increase of the duration of the satiety sensation [ 825 ].
The gastric drained one was observed by means of escáner of ultrasounds in seven healthy volunteers who received 3 capsules that contained preparing with Kills or 3 capsules of placebo.
With the prepared one with It kills as opposed to registered a drained ralentización of gastric (58 + 15 minutes 38 + 7.6 minutes obtained with placebo (P = 0.025). The study showed after 10 days of treatment, the reduction of the corporal weight with the capsules with as opposed to Kills placebo.
In the search of new termogénicos agents, specially of prepared with plants, To Martinet ET al. examined the effects of the oral administration of 12 prepared commercial ones to promote the loss of weight.
Of all of them, Mate was the one that demonstrated to a really interesting activity when producing a significant reduction in the respiratory quotient. This diminution entails the oxidation of a greater amount of fat and, therefore, in a favorable effect in the diminution of the corporal fat.
Use
The farmacopeas British and French also consider to kills as a helping one of a program of loss of weight by their modulador effect of the appetite.
On the other hand, their high chlorophyll concentration, minerals (potassium, calcium, magnesium, iron and phosphorus), vitamins (C, B1, B2, To and K) and mateína, provide to kills important stimulating properties at muscular level.
Also digestive and diuréticas properties are attributed to him.
The drug
The Indians of South America have consumed from always their leaves in form of infusion, prepared in pumpkins provided with an orifice where a called tube is introduced light bulb with which the liquid is inhaled.
This drink still carries out, in some countries of South America a social paper near the one of the coffee in Europe. In order to illustrate it with numbers, it is considered in South America are more than 30 million the habitual consumers of kills, cultivating itself more than 300,000 tons to the year.
The first well-known testimonies date from 1,560 by the Spanish conquerors who attributed to beneficial properties on humor and the fatigue to him.
Diseases in whose treatment this plant is adapted
Helping in diets of control of weight
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