Nettle WHITE
ortiga blanca
Nettle WHITE
From the family of Labiadas.
Display: uterine circulation. External use for pain of swollen feet.
Used Part
The flowering tops.
Active Principles
Saponósidos triterpenic; mucílagos; flavonoids: licked; acids fenolcarboxilílicos: rosmarínico. Glucoside iridoide: lamalbósido. Tannins Catechists (5-10%); traces of essential oil; betaine (estaquidrina).
Drug Action
Expectorant, anti-inflammatory and antihypertensive by saponosides; diuretic, by the action of flavonoids. Tonic, antiseptic and astringent hemostatic slightly, by the tannins and phenols. Demulcent, by the action of the mucilages.
Indications
Flu, colds, pharyngitis, laryngitis, bronchitis, emphysema, asthma. Gastritis, diarrhea. Hypertension. Cystitis, in adjuvant treatments in which requires an increase of diuresis (overweight, due to insufficient venous edema, hyperuricemia, oliguria, gout). Popularly used in the treatment of metrorrhagia, dismenorreas as depurative "lowering the blood," and anti-hypoglycemic, and externally at: eczema, ichthyosis, escoceduras, abrasions and skin irritations, hyperhidrosis, vulvovaginitis, hemorrhoids, glossitis, stomatitis, pharyngitis, parodontopatías, wounds and burns.
Contraindications
Do not prescribe oral dosage forms with alcohol content to children under two years or consultants in the process of alcohol addiction.
Caution / Poisoning
Take into account the alcohol content of the fluid extract and tincture.
Galenica forms / Dosage
Internal use:
- Infusion: 5 grams per cup (30 g / l), infuse 10 minutes. Two or three cups a day, after meals.
- Fluid extract (1:1): 25 to 30 drops, two or three times a day.
- Tincture (1:10): 50-100 drops, one to three times a day.
- Syrup (5% or 40% of extract dye): A soup spoon, one to three times a day.
- Dry extract (5:1): 0.3 to 1 g / day.
External use:
- Decoction: 50 g / l, boil 10 minutes. Apply in the form of towels, lotions, baths, vaginal washes, mouthwashes gargarismos.
- Glycolic extract or tincture, in the form of lotions, creams or gels.
Bibliography
Bézanger-Beauquesne, L; Pinkas, M; Torck, M. Dans la Plantes Les Thérapeutiques Moderne. 2. Paris: Maloine, 1986, p. 266.
Bézanger-Beauquesne, L; Pinkas, M; Torck, M; Trotin, F. Medicinal plants of temperate Regions. Paris: Maloine, 1980, pp.323-4.
Fernandez, M; Nieto, A. Medicinal Plants. Pamplona: Ediciones Universidad de Navarra, 1982, p.107.
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Van Hellemont, J. Compendium of Phytothérapie. Bruxelles: Association Pharmaceutique Belge, 1986, pp. 221-2.
WICHTL, M. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceutical. A Handbook for Practice on a scientific basis. Stuttgart: Medpharm Scientific Publishers, 1994, pp. 288-91, 507.