| Common Names | Shepherd's Purse |
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| Locations | Epirus |
| Clinical Summary | |
| Contraindications | No side effects are reported. |
| Active Substance | alkaloids tannins terpenoids diosmin Choline acetylcholine aminophenol tyramine (amino alcohols) vitamin A, B, C |
| Active Substance Plant Part | The whole plant |
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| Features Description | Capsella bursa-pastoris is an annual plant growing up to 50cm, with small, gray-green, leaves in many different shapes, triangular fruits and small, white flowers. The flowering and the harvesting take place all year round. |
| Method Administration | The plant is administered as hemostatic in the form of herbal tea (20-30g of dried herb in 600-900mL of boiled water, every two hours) for the treatment of internal bleeding, haemoptysis and hematuria. Also, it is administered in the form of tincture (150-200g of dried herb in 300mL of ethyl alcohol 70%, 120-150 drops daily) for the treatment of nephrolithiasis. Finally, it is applied externally to the skin in the form of poultice to heal the bleeding wounds, as well against rheumatic and muscular painWarning: 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 herbal tea of the plant is administered as hemostatic, astringent and antidiarrheal. Also, it is used for the treatment of menorrhagia, dysmenorrhea and metrorrhagia. In homeopathy the plant is recommended against cystitis, kidney stones, urethral bleeding and hemorrhoids. The tyramine, the plant contains, is a sympathomimetic amine and it can rise the blood pressure. Due to this action, hypertensive patients must pay attention when they consume the plant. |
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| References | Bιβλίο: Τα φαρμακευτικά βότανα και οι θεραπευτικές τους ιδιότητες, Λάμπρου Π. Σπύρου, Αγροτικός εκδοτικός οίκος, Αθήνα 1981, Α' τόμος, σελίδες: 51-52 Βιβλίο: Οδηγός των φαρμακευτικών φυτών, Paul Schauenberg, Ferdinand Paris, Εκδότης Μ. Γκιούρδας, Αθήνα 1981, σελίδες 115-116 Antiurolithic activity of Origanum vulgare is mediated through multiple pathways, Aslam Khan, Samra Bashir, Saeed R Khan and Anwar H Gilani, BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2011, 11:96 http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1472-6882-11-96.pdf http://www.herb.gr/index.php/catalog/product/view/id/674/s/kapsella/ http://health-from-nature.net/Shepherd_s_Purse.html |
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