GREEN ORTIGA (urtica dioca)

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	GREEN ORTIGA
	*urtica dioca*

Name
GREEN ORTIGA

Scientific Name
urtica dioca

GREEN ORTIGA

It is used the root and the whole plant. Also the fresh plant is used. The leaves and the fresh plant contain chlorophyll, mineral salts (iron, calcium, silica sulfur, potassium and manganese) that confers remineralizantes properties to him, reconstituyentes,

antianemic and antiateromatosa. In addition it has mineral, acid salts organic (fórmico, acetic), histamina, acetilcolina and tannins responsible for its diurética action, favors the úrico acid elimination, colagoga, purifying (usually it is used in case of allergies to moluscos and marine crustaceans), antihemorrágica, astringent, antirheumatic, antigotosa, galactógena and hipoglucemiante. The cutaneous irritation that produces the contact with the leaves is due to its content in organic acids (fórmico), histamina and ocetílcolina. In order to resist its action mentastro or mastranzo can be used, romaza or malva.

The root is very rich in tannins that confer an action to him astringent. In form of alcoholic extract it is used in the prostate adenoma, since it improves the miccionales upheavals in hipertrofio benign of prostate. In external use he is healing, tranquilizing and deodorant.

Indicated in anemias, raquitismo, asthenia, hemorrhages (epistaxis, hemoptisis, metrorragias, etc), reumatismo, drop, híperuricemia, dermatosis, edemas, you cure depurativas, to prevent arteriosclerosis, oligurias, obesity, diabetes, vaginitis, etc.

In external use it is used in reumatismos, lumbago, sciatic and fall of the hair.

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