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Lycopodium CUT PLANT IPHYM Herbalism Lyc L.
Lycopodium CUT PLANT IPHYM Herbalism Lyc L.
Lycopodium CUT PLANT IPHYM Herbalism Lyc L. Lycopodium CUT PLANT IPHYM Herbalism Lyc L.

Lycopodium CUT PLANT IPHYM Herbalism Lyc L.

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Lycopodium CUT PLANT 100G IPHYM Herbalism Lyc L.

Lycopodium CUT PLANT IPHYM Herbalism Lyc L.

Latin name: Lyc L.

Family: huperziaceae

Common names: Lycopodium, Sulfur Plant Grass with clubs, Wolf Paw

Parts used: aerial part

Origin: Europe

Properties lycopode CUT PLANT

Lycopodium has diuretic properties, purgative and emetic. The spore of club moss, once used as absorbent powder into pills, has high toxicity (irritation of mucous membranes). Alkaloids (mainly huperzine A) could be used in the treatment of myasthenia gravis and certain memory disorders (Alzheimer's). Huperzine A is a cholinesterase inhibitor more potent than prostigmine.
Huperzine A seems more effective than donepezil and rivastigmine, with a longer duration of action.

Indications and uses lycopode CUT PLANT

lycopodium is used in the following cases:

- Memory Disorders and Alzheimer's Disease (huperzine A is precursor of donepezil (Aricept), specific and reversible inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase, the predominant cholinesterase in the brain)

- Locally intertrigo

- Kidney and bladder pain

- Myasthenia

Cons-indications with lycopode CUT PLANT

- Renal and hepatic toxicity its alkaloids

Dosage lycopode CUT PLANT

Infusion; Pour 1 teaspoon per cup of boiling water. Let steep for 2 minutes, then strain. Only take one cup per day

Botanical description lycopode CUT PLANT

The club moss is a perennial herb fern flowerless, to trailing stems up to 1 meter long and living in temperate or cold zones. It emits erect branches covered with small overlapping and linear leaves. The fertile branches are yellowish sporangifères ears club-shaped. Lemery reports that the largest consumption of Lycopodium was done on large theaters to mimic fire (rapid ignition), hence the common name of "vegetable sulfur"

Pharmacology lycopode CUT PLANT

Active ingredients: alkaloids, flavonoids, caffeic acid, triterpenes

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