Cuantificación de la actividad laxante de las Aguas del Pozo de la Salud (El Hierro, Islas Canarias)
- Navarro, Eduardo 1
- Hernández, Fabián 1
- Alonso, Simeona J 1
- San Martín, Josefina 2
- 1 Departamento de Farmacología. Unidad de Hidrología Médica. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de La Laguna
- 2 Departamento de Medicina Física y Rehabílitación. Hidrología Médica. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Complutense de Madrid
ISSN: 0214-2813
Any de publicació: 2007
Volum: 22
Número: 2
Pàgines: 17-21
Tipus: Article
Altres publicacions en: Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Hidrología Médica
Resum
The "Pozo de Salud" is situated in the village of Sabinosa of the island El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain. Its waters have been known for many centuries and have been declared as mineromedicinal waters during the first half of the XIX century. They have a stimulating activity on the intestinal mobility because of a higber velocity of transits and intestinal contents. In the next experimental work the laxative activity of these waters has been quantified through the velocity of the intestinal transition. and the conclusion is that they possess a dose-dependant laxative activity while the mechanism of osmotic action and its main clinical indication is constipation.