| Common Names | Common Pasque Flower, Dane's Blood, European Pasqueflower, Pasque Flower |
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| Locations | Epirus |
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| Contraindications | Plant's consumption may cause skin irritation and acute seizures. It's administration requires medical prescription, as overdose may lead to death. |
| Active Substance | saponins essential oil Resins tannins saponins triterpenoids protoanemonin (which is converted into anemonin) |
| Active Substance Plant Part | The whole plant |
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| Features Description | Pulsatilla vulgaris is a perennial plant growing from 10 to 20cm, with silky, pinnate, silver leaves and large, violet flowers with gold stamens and serrated petals. The flowering and the harvesting take place from March to May. |
| Method Administration | It is administered as antidepressant in the form of tincture (1:10 parts of dried herb and ethyl alcohol, 2-3 drops in water, 4 times a day) and plant extract (wetting a quantity of dried plant in a cup of boiled water for 15min, 1-2 times daily)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 plant extract is used as sudorific, diuretic, antispasmodic and irritating. It is recommended for the treatment of various eyes diseases, earache, stress, anxiety, leucorrhoea, bronchitis, cough and asthma. It is applied externally to the skin as sedative for the treatment of rashes and wounds. |
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| References | http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Pulsatilla+vulgaris http://medicinalherbinfo.org/herbs/PasqueFlower.html http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-633-pulsatilla.aspx?activeingredientid=633&activeingredientname=pulsatilla https://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/a/anemo035.html#pre http://www.drugs.com/npp/pasque-flower.html http://www.nr-herbalist.com/anemone-pulsatilla-pasque-flower/ |
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