Botanical info and medicinal uses of Ecliptae Herba.

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Suggestions and Administrations of Eclipta prostrata.

Ecliptae Prostratae Extract INCI Name Eclipta Prostrata Extract Eclipta prostrata Linn CAS 93165-22-1 EINECS ELINCS No 296-907-6 Han Lian Cao Herba Ecliptae Extract Verbesina alba Keremek Hutan photo picture image Dosages:Juice, powder

 3 ~ 6 ml of the drug in juice form
 12 ~ 36 g of the drug in powder form for decoction

 Safety data:

 The 50% ethanolic extract of the whole plant, administered intraperitoneally in mice, showed a maximum tolerated dose of 1 g/kg (Khin et al., 1978). Hidroalcoholic extract (1: 1) of the dried aerial parts, administered orally at dose of 100 mg/kg, did not show inhibition of implantation and embryotoxic effect in rats female (Mishra et al., 1979). The 95% ethanolic extract of the dried aerial parts, administered orally, intragastrically and intraperitoneally in mice did not present general toxic effect to 2 g/kg dose (Sharma et al., 1991 ; Zhang, 1990).

 Contraindications:

 The American Herbal Products Association established that it can be safely consumed but it does not have to be taken by patients with acute or chronic diarrhea, or patients who have disorders of spleen (McGuffin et al., 1997).Its effects on lactating children is not documented, and thus it is not recommended to be used during breast-feeding.

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last edit date:16th,June.2009.