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Digestive Plants: Licorice

bhakti — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 06:36:55 +0000

Licorice has taken place in more than one occasion on our blog. Asthma or herpes can be combatted with this plant, along that this is a useful herb to boost defenses or reverse the symptoms of menopause.

But there are those uses which concern us in this post. In this special weekend on medicinal plants for digestion and having already talked about some of them, today we focus on the description of licorice and digestive its medicinal uses, perfect to combat problems associated with poor digestion.

The secret of this herb is glycyrrhizin, a saponin contained in licorice at a rate of about 5%, and that gives many of its properties, including those associated with good digestion, but also is responsible for increasing toxicity of the plant in cases of misuse or reckless.

Licorice is a plant that has inflammatory properties, which justify its use to combat indigestion, especially when intestinal spasms of all intensity and gastroduodenal ulcer. But not only these properties of licorice.

Furthermore it is known for its expectorant properties, which softens the bronchial secretions and its antibacterial action, which indirectly also exerts a positive influence on the process of digestion.

The infusion is made using licorice root 50g freshly boiled water, letting stand 15 minutes. The water is applied as a compress or eye wash.

Information Treatment and Care of Asthma in Children

adypadoe — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:15:33 +0000

Asthma is a lung disease resulting in difficulty breathing, especially at the end. This is a chronic disease most common in children, because 10% of the children are suffering. Asthma in children is very different from adults in terms of the manifestation and treatment. Asthma in children is rare before the age of 2-3 years, except for children who have allergies as a baby of eczema, allergic rhinitis etc…

Several mechanisms responsible for this phenomenon is the inflammation of the bronchi causing the surrounding muscle contraction and swelling of the wall in bronki.Ini called bronchoconstriction (decrease in bronchial diameter). Inflammation also causes the secretion of more lendir.Ini is for these reasons that the air difficult to breathe.

Treatment of Asthma in Children

Treatment has evolved a lot over 20 years with the emergence of inhaled corticosteroids, is effective for treating inflammation, and traditional products that involve bronchodilators to corticosteroids.

Treatment of asthma in children is somewhat different than in adults: bronchodilators should be administered by nebulization before the age of 5 years, corticosteroids should be used at the lowest effective dose; cromoglycate and ketotifen are often more effective than in adults.

About sport in schools, although the frequency of exercise-induced asthma, exercise was never recommended for children with asthma, with very few exceptions, with some advice and appropriate treatment is often a normal sporting activity. Children should not be excluded from sports; he could suffer psychologically and feel isolated. Only two sports are strictly prohibited: horseback riding, and scuba diving

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Medicinal Plants for Asthma

Kimberly Green — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:45:07 +0000

Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra)

Contains a substance that has properties similar to those of cortisol, a glucocorticoid.

Besides acting as an anti-inflammatory licorice works as an expectorant which is beneficial in cases of asthma. You can use a licorice supplement containing glycyrrhizin. It should eat between 200 and 800 milligrams of the drug daily. Also get licorice tablets that contain no glycyrrhizin. However, these are not helpful for asthma.

Precautions Use of licorice for six weeks and then discontinue use for two weeks. Eat foods high in potassium such as bananas or citrus juice during the time you use licorice. This is not possible to use a potassium supplement.

Do not use licorice if you have glaucoma or hypertension. Nor should it be used by those suffering from breast cancer or other estrogen-sensitive cancer, endometriosis or illness (or rather changes as it currently is not regarded as a disease) fibrocystic breast.

Grape seed extract and Pycnogenol

Both contain certain types of flavonoids (pigment that gives color to many plants) that help prevent asthma attacks caused by allergens in the air. The flavonoids in Pycnogenol are obtained from the French maritime pine bark. Both grape seed extract and Pycnogenol are achieved in the form of capsules or tablets.

Garlic and onions

Inhibits certain substances that promote inflammation. In tests on guinea pigs found that onion extract reduced its asthmatic response to inhaled allergens. Onions contain a flavonoid called quercetin which helps relax the bronchial tubes. It also inhibits the proliferation of cells that produce histamine, a substance that promotes inflammation and swelling. The onion also contains other substances that have a isotiocinatos calls antiasthmatic effect.

Quercetin supplements are achieved as a tablet. However, some of these are not well absorbed. Some researchers recommend taking along with bromelain quercetin with bromelain, a mixture of enzymes derived from pineapple that can help better absorption.

Precautions – quercetin increases the time that many drugs remain in the body. In some cases this can have positive effects but may increase the risk of side effects of these drugs. For this reason we recommend taking supplements of quercetin together with some drugs such as cyclosporine (Neoral, Sandimmune) and nifedipine (Adalat, Procardia). Nor should it be combined with antibiotics belonging to the class of quinolones as (ciprofloxacin (Cipro), levofloxacin (Levaquin), norfloxacin (Noroxin), ofloxacin (Floxin) and trovafloxacin (Trovan) as it may interfere with their action.

In test tube studies, have been shown to cause chromosomal mutations quercetin, so, in theory, supplements with large amounts of quercetin could favor the occurrence of birth defects, this has not been adequately studied in humans or animals .

Tylophora asthmatica

This is a plant that has been used in India to treat asthma. It is believed that the leaves contain substances asthmatica Tylophora antihistaminic and antispasmodic. One study found that a group of patients 200 milligrams of leaves of Tylophora asthmatica twice daily for a period of six days reduced their symptoms and respiratory function improved during treatment and for a period of up to two weeks after it has ended . The asthmatica Tylophora is available as capsules. A suggested dose is 200 to 400 milligrams twice a day.