| Common Names | Rustyback |
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| Description | |
| Locations | Epirus |
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| Contraindications | No side effects are reported. |
| Active Substance | essential oil organic acid |
| Active Substance Plant Part | The whole plant |
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| Features Description | Ceterach officinarum is a perennial plant, growing by 10 to 20cm. The plant is characterised by a short rhizome that gives rise to several, lanceshaped, green leaves formed in the winter. The ripening of the seeds takes place between April and October and the harvesting all year round but mainly, between March and June. |
| Method Administration | The plant is administered as herbal tea (6g of dried herb in a cup and a half of hot water, once a day) and as infusion (27g of dried herb in 3 cups of boiling water, half a cup twice a day in the morning and evening )Warning: The use of herb preparations is not recommended without seeking advice from your physician or pharmacist. The substances they contain may interact with the subscribed drugs that the patient already takes, thus eliminating their therapeutic efficacy or inducing toxicity. They may also burden further weakened vital functions of the body thus exposing the patient to increased morbidity and life threatened conditions. |
| Pharmacological Info | The whole plant is antitussive, sedative, antidiarrheal, anthelmintic and diuretic. It is taken orally for the treatment of various diseases of the urinary tract and mainly, in nephrolithiasis. |
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| References | Bιβλίο: Τα φαρμακευτικά βότανα και οι θεραπευτικές τους ιδιότητες, Λάμπρου Π. Σπύρου, Αγροτικός εκδοτικός οίκος, Αθήνα 1981, Β' τόμος, σελίδες: 500-501 Βιβλίο: Οδηγός των φαρμακευτικών φυτών, Paul Schauenberg, Ferdinand Paris, Εκδότης Μ. Γκιούρδας, Αθήνα 1981, σελίδες 155-156, http://www.herb.gr/index.php/catalog/product/view/id/764/s/skorpidi/ http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Asplenium+ceterach http://www.piam.com/mms_garden/officinalis.html http://health-from-nature.net/Rustyback.html |
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