| Common Names | Common Houseleek |
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| Description | |
| Locations | Ioannina Gramos |
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| Contraindications | No side effects have been reported. |
| Active Substance | essential oil Resins mucus carbohydrates malic acid pennogenin (haemolytic saponins) coumarin isocitric acid malonic acid amino acids (asparagine) carbonic acid |
| Active Substance Plant Part | leaves |
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| Features Description | Sempervivum tectorum is a perennial, short plant growing up to 20cm, with fleshy, juicy, star-shaped leaves and pink flowers in inflorescence. The flowering and the harvesting take place from July to August |
| Method Administration | It is administered as emmenagogue and healing in the form of herbal tea (a spoon of fresh leaves in a cup of boiled water, once a day) and in the form of tincture (5-20 drops, only for external use)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 is used as diuretic, anthelmintic, emetic, laxative, antimicrobial, healing and astringent. It is recommended as emmenagogue for the treatment of dysmenorrhoea and amenorrhoea. It is applied externally to the skin against wounds, burns, herpes, insect bites, inflamed eyelids, earache and hemorrhoids. |
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| References | http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Sempervivum+tectorum https://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/h/houlee41.html#med http://medicinalherbinfo.org/herbs/Houseleek.html http://herbs-treatandtaste.blogspot.gr/2010/11/houseleeks-sempervivum-tectorum.html http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/s/sempervivum-tectorum=houseleek.php |
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