MIRRA
MIRRA
Used Part.
Gomo - oleoresin varieties:
Somali
Mirra
: Commiphora molmol Engl.
Myrrh
from Yemen: Commiphora madagascariensis Jacq. =
C
. abyssinica (Berg. Engl. Opopanax,
myrrh
scented or
myrrh
bisabol: Commiphora erythraea (Ehr. Engl.
Active Principles.
Gomooleorresina, consisting essentially of Sesquiterpenes: furanosesquiterpenos type germacraneno, elemaneno, eudesmano, and French Guiana. Phytosterols.
Drug Action.
Antiseptic, anti - inflammatory, healing.
Indications.
Topical treatment of oral thrush and other stomatitis, parodontopatías,
pharyngitis
,
tonsillitis
, and after tooth extraction.
Galenica forms / Dosage.
Tincture (1:
10) applied in pure form of touch, or diluted in mouthwashes or gargarismos.
Bibliography.
British
Herbal
Pharmacopoeia. Vol. I. Bournemouth, Dorset: British
Herbal
Medical Association, 1990, pp. 86 - 7.
Paris, RR; Moyse, M. Summary of Matter Médicale. Take II. Paris: Masson, 1967, pp. 307 - 8.
Peris, JB; Stübing, G; Vanaclocha, B. Applied
Fitoterapia
. Valencia: M. I. Official College of Pharmacists, 1995, pp. 376 - 7.
Van Hellemont, J. Compendium of Phytothérapie. Bruxelles: Association Pharmaceutique Belge, 1986, pp. 60 - 1.
WICHTL, M.
Herbal
Drugs and Phytopharmaceutical.
A
Handbook for Practice on
a
scientific basis. Stuttgart: Medpharm Scientific Publishers, 1994, pp. 345 - 7.
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