PARTE UTILIZADA= Used part: Esporas y tallos.

ACCION FARMACOLOGICA= Pharmacological action: el polvo de licopodio se utiliza en uso externo como descongestionante de la piel y en casos de dermatosis, pruritos o eczemas. El uso en infusión tiene propiedades depurativas, diuréticas y antirreumáticas.

COMPOSICIÓN QUÍMICA= Chemical composition: Sumidades aéreas: aceite (50%): glicéridos de los ácidos licopodoleicos, fitosteroles; glúcidos; ácidos orgánicos: cafeico; resina; esporonina (derivado celulósico). Se han aislado un centenar de alcaloides (0,2%): licopodina, dihidrolicopodina, acetildihidrolicopodina, licodolina. Flavonoides: crisoeriol, luteolósido, apigenósido.

ZONA GEOGRAFICA= Geografical zone: En todo el orbe. 

DIVERSIDAD GENÉTICA Y MEJORAMIENTO DE PLANTAS MEDICINALES= Medicinal plants and improvement of medicinal herbs:

C-values are important biodiversity characters, yet data for pteridophytes are scarce. A recent survey showed that reliable C-value data were available for only 62 species. This paper reports C-value estimates for a further five pteridophyte species which were selected to fill phylogenetic gaps identified in previous work: Angiopteris lygodiifolia, of the eusporangiate fern family Marattiaceae (1C = 7.10 pg); Lygodium japonicum, of the basal leptosporangiate fern family Schizaeaceae (1C = 11.66 pg); Marsilea quadrifolia, of the heterosporous water fern order Marsileales (1C = 4.01 pg); Isoetes lacustris (1C = 11.97 pg) and Lycopodium clavatum (1C = 2.86 pg), of the lycophyte families Isoetaceae and Lycopodiaceae, respectively. The C-value estimates are discussed in the context of other C-value data. Further, the range of C-values in lycophytes (0.16 pg - 11.97 pg), which comprise Selaginellaceae, Isoetaceae and Lycopodiaceae, is discussed in relation to nucleotypic constraints imposed by sperm flagella number. © 2002 The Linnean Society of London.

Origin

Indigenous to North America, Europe, Asia; found in Kumaon, eastwards in West Bengal, Sikkim, Asam, KhasiHills,Manipur and in Western Ghats.

Action:

Sedative, antispasmodic, diuretic. At one time used for urinary disorders (spasmodic retention of urine, catarrhal cystitis and chronic kidney disorders), and as a gastric sedative in gastritis.

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Origin
Mizoram, Northeast India
Parts used
Whole plant
Ailments
Skin eruption

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