| Common Names | Spiny Bear's Breech |
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| Description | |
| Locations | Ioannina (Vradeto) |
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| Contraindications | No side effects are reported. |
| Active Substance | bitter agents tannins flavonoids glutamic acid inorganic salts phenolic acids mucus Polysaccharides glycoproteins |
| Active Substance Plant Part | root fruits |
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| Features Description | Acanthus spinosus is a perennial, herbaceous plant growing from 0,90 to 1,20m, with wide, thorny, shiny, dark green leaves. The flowers are large, white or pink in inflorescence (bunches). The flowering lasts from June to July and the harvesting takes place from March to August. |
| Method Administration | The plant is administered for its orexigenic, digestive and healing action in the form of infusion (one spoon of dried leaves in a cup of boiling water, up to three times a day) and herbal tea (a spoon of the crushed root, up to three times a day)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 has orexigenic, digestive, cholagogue and antioxidant properties. Also, the chopped parts of the plant which are dipped in cold water, are used against skin's irritations, burns and wounds, as they have analgesic, soothing and healing actions. In folk medicine the herbal tea from the dried flowers and leaves, was recommended for the treatment of bladder's irritation and haemoptysis. |
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| References | Βιβλίο: Οδηγός των φαρμακευτικών φυτών, Paul Schauenberg, Ferdinand Paris, Εκδότης Μ. Γκιούρδας, Αθήνα 1981, σελίδες 329-330 The encyclopedia of herbs and herbalism, M.Stuart, Orbis Publishing London, 1979, p.231 http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Acanthus+mollis http://practicalplants.org/wiki/Acanthus_mollis http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/a/acanthus-mollis=bear's-breeches.php |
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