CAT TAIL

Description

Sideritis is a genus of Mediterranean and Asian plants of the Labiatae family. They are shrubby, woody plants, with opposite, linear leaves. The flowers, of variable color, are bilabiate, gamosepalous, gamopetalous and pentamerous. They are arranged forming verticillasatros surrounded by toothed bracts, with four stamens welded to the corolla. It has 4 indehiscent fruits, of brownish color, inside the calyx.

Part used

Flowering tops.

Active principles

• The main components, to which most of the properties are attributed, are the essential oil, terpenes and flavonoids.
• Other components are phenylethanoid heterosides, coumarins, sterols, lignans and iridoids.

Pharmacological action

• Anti-inflammatory.
• Antitussive.
• Spasmolytic.
• Digestive and antiulcerous.
• Antiseptic, antibacterial, antifungal.
• Vulneraria: healing and re-epithelializing.
• Diuretic.

Indications

• To relieve symptoms of colds and flu: cough, nasal congestion.
• Digestive problems: gastrointestinal spasms, heavy digestions, gastritis and gastroduodenal ulcer.
• In topical use: osteomuscular pain and inflammation, bruises, eczema, inflammation of the mucous membranes, skin mycosis.

Contraindications

Pregnancy and lactation.

Precautions

No special precautions at the recommended dose

Drug interactions

No interactions have been described.

Side effects

They have not been described.

Bibliography

-.Monografía de la SEFIT (Sociedad Española de Fitoterapia).

-.European Medicines Agency (EMA) - Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products (HMPC). European Union herbal monograph on Sideritis scardica Griseb.; Sideritis clandestina (Bory & Chaub.) Hayek; Sideritis raeseri Boiss. & Heldr.; Sideritis syriaca L., herba Final. London: EMA. Doc. Ref.: EMA/HMPC/39453/2015. Adopted: 2 February 2016.

-.E. González-Burgos, M. E.Carretero, M. P. Serranillo. Sideritis spp., uses, chemical composition and pharmacological activity. A review. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. Volume 135, Issue 2, 17 May 2011, Pages 209-225.

-.González Burgos E, Gómez-Serranillos Cuadrado MP, Palomino Ruiz-Poveda OM, Carretero Accame ME. Aspectos botánicos y farmacológicos del género Sideritis. Revista de Fitoterapia 2009; 9 (2): 133-145.