| Common Names | Touch-Me-Not Balsam |
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| Description | |
| Locations | Epirus Gramos |
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| Contraindications | Attention is required in cases of overdosing, due to its high content in minerals, and also when the plant is administered to people who suffer from rheumatism, arthritis, gout and kidney stones. |
| Active Substance | Resins tannins calcium oxalate and other inorganic salts |
| Active Substance Plant Part | Aboveground plant parts |
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| Features Description | Impatiens noli-tangere is an annual or perennial plant growing up to 1m, with oval or lanceolate, toothed leaves and large, yellow, red-spotted flowers. The flowering lasts from July to August and the harvesting takes place from August to October. |
| Method Administration | It is administered orally or applied externally to the skin in the form of herbal tea (a quantity of the dried herb in a cup of boiled water, 2-3 times a day). It is usually used as a component in herbal expectorants.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 emetic, diuretic, laxative, antiseptic, antibacterial, emmenagogue and antitussive. It is recommended for the treatment of gastritis and dysmenorrhea. It is applied externally to the skin against rheumatism, edema, bruises, warts, hemorrhoids, low back pain, eczema and hives (urticaria). |
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| References | http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Impatiens+noli-tangere http://practicalplants.org/wiki/Impatiens_noli-tangere http://herbanext.com/kamantigue-and-noli-by-philip-cruz http://depts.washington.edu/propplnt/Plants/Jewelweed.htm http://nativeplants.evergreen.ca/search/view-plant.php?ID=04210 |
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