HIERBA SANTA PIPER AURITUM

HIERBA SANTA (Piper auritum Kunth.) +

Activities (Hierba Santa) :
- Alpha-2-Adrenergic Agonist (1; TRA); Anesthetic (f; JFM; TRA); Antiinflammatory (f; JFM); Carcinogenic (1; TRA); Diaphoretic (f; JFM); Digestive (f; JFM); Diuretic (f; JFM); Emollient (f; JFM); Hallucinogen (1; TRA); Hypotensive (1; TRA); Mutagenic (f; TRA); Psychotropic (1; TRA); Revulsive (f; JFM); Spasmogenic (f; TRA); Stimulant (f; JFM); Stomachic (f; JFM); Uterotonic (1; TRA); Vasodilator (1; TRA).

Indications (Hierba Santa) :
- Angina (f; JFM); Colic (f; JFM); Diaphoretic (f; JFM); Erysipelas (f; JFM); Fever (f; JFM); Gonorrhea (f; JFM); Gout (f; JFM); Headache (1; JFM; TRA); High Blood Pressure (1; TRA); Inflammation (f; JFM); Pain (1; JFM; TRA); Toxic (1; TRA); VD (f; JFM); Water Retention (f; JFM); Wound (f; JFM).

Dosages (Hierba Santa) :
- Infusion of 1/2 leaf taken after a meal as a stomachic (JFM); one leaf in sweetened water (180 cc) (JFM); 15 - 30 drops tincture (10 g leaf in 150 cc alcohol) every 3 hours (JFM).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Hierba Santa) :
- Not covered (AHP; EFS; IED; KOM; PH2). Very rich in the carcinogen safrole.

Extracts (Hierba Santa) :
- At 0.1 ml/kg intravenously in dogs, the aqueous extract is hypotensive (TRA). The 95% ethanolic extract at 0.33 ml/l is spasmogenic and uterotonic in vitro (TRA). At 3 ml/l, the aqueous extracts have a vasodilator effect on lab rats (TRA). Safrole and elemicin may exert hallucinogic and/or psychotropic activities (TRA). Myrcene has antinociceptive activities. As an alpha-2-adrenergic agonist, myrcene affects arterial blood pressure (TRA).