| Common Names | Common Wintergreen, Lesser Wintergreen, Snowline Wintergreen |
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| Description | |
| Locations | Ioannina Peristeri Pindos Smolikas |
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| Contraindications | No side effects have been reported. |
| Active Substance | alkaloids essential oil saponins vitamin C coumarin |
| Active Substance Plant Part | Flowers |
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| Features Description | Pyrola minor is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from 20 to 30cm, with rounded leaves in rosettes and white, bell-shaped flowers. The flowering and the harvesting take place from June to August. |
| Method Administration | The plant is administered as anticonvulsant in the form of herbal tea (2 spoons of dried herb in a cup of boiled water, 3-4 times a day) or tincture (4 spoons of dried herb in 0,5L of alcohol 75%, 30-40 drops 3 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 herbal tea has antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory, tonic, astringent and diuretic properties. In folk medicine it is recommended as hemostatic against heavy bleeding during menstruation. |
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| References | http://practicalplants.org/wiki/Pyrola_minor http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Pyrola+minor https://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/p/pyrola78.html http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/p/pyrola-minor=wintergreen.php https://www.nlm.nih.gov/about/herbgarden/list.html |
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