PALIURO
paliurus spina-christi
PALIURO
Names
Castilian: Christ's thorn, thorn holy paliuro
French: paliure, Epine du Christ, carrying chapeau
Description: deciduous shrub, rarely tree, up to 4 meters high, well branched, with the twigs in zig-zag and usually hanging. Leaves alternate, more or less ovadas, 2-4 cm. long, with margins denticulados and 2 parallel to the central nerves. Petiole short, pubescent. Stipules thorny. Flowers yellowish, small, with 5 petals. Fruit in Samara with a rounded wing.
Cultivation and uses: It multiplies by seed and cuttings. It has somewhat slow growth. Requires more or less sun exposure. Tolerates limestone soils and somewhat dry. Allows pruning. It is used in isolation.
Drug Action
Popularly used as a diuretic, cholesterol, hypotensive.
Indications
Urolithiasis, oliguria, hypercholesterolemia, prevention of arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure.
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
Its use as a diuretic in the presence of hypertension, heart disease or kidney failure moderate or severe, should be done only by prescription and under medical supervision, to the danger that can result in uncontrolled contribution of liquids, the possibility of an uncompensated tension.
Take into account the alcohol content of the fluid extract and tincture.
Galenica forms / Dosage
- Infusion: 30 g / l, 3 or 4 cups a day.
- Fluid extract (1:1): 30 drops three times daily.
- Tincture (1:5): 50-100 drops, one to three times a day.
Bibliography
Bézanger-Beauquesne, L; Pinkas, M; Torck, M. Dans la Plantes Les Thérapeutiques Moderne. 2. Paris: Maloine, 1986, p. 306.
Bézanger-Beauquesne, L; Pinkas, M; Torck, M; Trotin, F. Medicinal plants of temperate Regions. Paris: Maloine, 1980, p.170.
Paris, RR; Moyse, M. Summary of Matter Médicale. Take II. Paris: Masson, 1967, p.333