2012, Number 1
The blue Verbena to treat the child with rash
Galiano PR, Usatorres RB
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Language: Spanish
References: 7
Page: 63-71
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: miliaria is an skin inflammatory disease known as rash and is very frequent in small children mainly during summer months.Objective: assessing the efficacy of the infusion of blue Verbena in controlling common heat rash.
Methods: a phase II clinical trial was conducted from the preparation of an infusion of fresh leaves or dry grinded poured out in 12 liters of boiling water, was covered and removed from fire after adding the plant, it was doughed and strained. It was applied warm in whole body for 21 days in t wo sessions, to stand up and at evening after daily bath. A study was conducted in 30 white infants presenting with this pathology who came to the Natural and Traditional Medicine Service in the No.6 consulting room of the Altagracia settlement from June, 2004 to June, 2005 of "Carlos J. Finlay" Teaching Community polyclinic of the Camagüey city. Data were collected by survey, designed according to the objectives proposed in research.
Results: the more involved group was that aged 3-6 months, all patients were white; there were not significant differences as regards sex. The more frequent clinical variety was the crystalline one and more prevalent months were June and August.
Conclusions: present treatment was highly effective in the control of symptomatology of the common miliaria; nine of ten patients were cured.
REFERENCES
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