| Common Names | Mediterranean Hartwort |
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| Locations | Epirus |
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| Contraindications | No side effects are reported. |
| Active Substance | carotenoids Vitamin E coumarin Essential oil which contains b-ocimene a-humulene octyl octanoate and hexanoate octyl polyphenols. |
| Active Substance Plant Part | Flowers leaves |
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| Features Description | Tordylium apulum is an annual, herbaceous plant growing from 15 to 50cm, with soft, hairy, pinnate leaves and white flowers with five petals in complex, umbrella-shaped inflorescences. The fruits are orbicular and flattened, 5-8mm millimeters in size. The flowering and the harvesting take place from October to May. |
| Method Administration | In folk medicine it is used against hair loss and menstruation in the form of herbal tea (two spoons of dried herb in a cup of boiled water for 10min, 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 | Nowadays the plant is not used in medicine. In folk medicine it is recommended as expectorant and anti-catarrhal, as well for the prevention of hair loss, menstrual and nervous diseases. A lot of studies are conducted to prove its possible cytotoxic and cytostatic action, due to the contained coumarins. |
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| References | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9525110 http://pub.jki.bund.de/index.php/JABFQ/article/view/4694 http://pub.jki.bund.de/index.php/JABFQ/article/view/4694/5163 http://www.mani.org.gr/hlorida/47kafkalithra/ka.htm http://www.alekati.gr/%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%85%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%AE%CE%B8%CF%81%CE%B1 |
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