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African geranium (*Geranium sidoroides* DC., syn. *Pelargonium sidoides*): A comprehensive evidence-based review of its medicinal properties, pediatric applications, and safety considerations
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African geranium (*Geranium sidoroides* DC., syn. *Pelargonium sidoides*): A comprehensive evidence-based review of its medicinal properties, pediatric applications, and safety considerations

Food & Ingredients Healthy Lifestyle
Kacper Nowak Author
2026-05-28 Date
3 min. read article.read_time
5 Chapters
This table provides a detailed, evidence-based compilation of the active constituents, pharmacological mechanisms of action, clinically documented benefits, and potential adverse effects of African geranium (*Geranium sidoroides* DC.), with specific emphasis on its application in pediatric patient populations.

Pelargonia afrykańska

Pelargonia afrykańska, czyli Pelargonium sidoides pochodzi z południowego rejonu Afryki.. Do Europy sprowadził ją Brytyjczyk Charles Henry Stevens, w celu wykorzystania jej, jako środka na gruźlicę.. Jest to rodzaj bylin, bądź półkrzewów z rodziny bodziszkowatych.. Rośliny z tego rodzaju zazwyczaj uprawiane są na obszarach wolnych od przymrozków lub w pomieszczeniach.. Liście pelargonii są silnie aromatyczne, ze względu na olejki eteryczne.. Współczesne badania naukowe potwierdzają jej pozytywny wpływ w przypadku dolegliwości menstruacyjnych, biegunki, kolki jelitowej, gruźlicy, trądziku, a także w przypadku zapalenia błony śluzowej żołądka.

Właściwości lecznicze pelargonii afrykańskiej

Pelargonia afrykańska znacznie różni się od pozostałych odmian, uprawianych w celach ozdobnych.. Roślina ta odznacza się ciemnoczerwonymi kwiatami i intensywnym zapachem.. Do celów leczniczych wykorzystuje się korzeń pelargonii, który w okresie dojrzewania zmienia swoją barwę z kremowej na czerwonobrązową.. Jest cennym źródłem flawonoidów, fenolokwasów, kumaryny, glikozydów kumarynowych, kwasów tłuszczowych oraz proantocyjanidynów.. Korzeń pelargonii afrykańskiej charakteryzuje się działaniem przeciwprątkowym, z tego względu jest skuteczny w leczeniu gruźlicy.. Ponadto związki w nim zawarte mogą być pomocne w zwalczaniu chorób układu oddechowego.. Badania wykazały właściwości przeciwbakteryjne tej rośliny przeciwko ośmiu szczepom bakterii, m.. in. Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae i Pseudomonas aeruginosa.. Pelargonia afrykańska prowadzi także do zahamowania wzrostu Helicobacter pylori.. Zakażeniu tą bakterią zazwyczaj towarzyszą: biegunka, nudności, wymioty, a także ból w nadbrzuszu.. W badaniach udowodniono również działanie przeciwwirusowe ekstraktów wodnych z korzenia pelargonii afrykańskiej wobec wirusa opryszczki HSV1 i HSV2.. Ekstrakt wykazuje także działanie immunostymulujące, tzn.. Aktywuje komórki układu odpornościowego do działania.. Zwiększa aktywność makrofagów, których funkcją jest „pożeranie” bakterii i wirusów.

Pelargonia afrykańska – krople, syrop, tabletki

W sklepach zielarskich i aptekach dostępne są preparaty z pelargonią afrykańską w formie tabletek, kropel czy syropu.. Można wybrać formę najbardziej nam odpowiadającą i najwygodniejszą do stosowania.. Najlepiej oczywiście wybierać produkty zawierające 100% ekstraktu z pelargonii.

Pelargonia afrykańska – cena

Cena Pelargonii afrykańskiej zależna jest od formy i od producenta.. Krople kupimy za ok. 40 zł za 20 ml.. W przypadku tabletek bądź syropu, pelargonia zazwyczaj występuje jako składnik mieszanek wraz z innymi ziołami.. Przy ich wyborze najlepiej skonsultować się z farmaceutą.

Czy to w ogóle czy można stosować pelargonię afrykańską u dzieci?

Krople z wyciągiem z korzenia można podawać dzieciom już od pierwszego roku życia.. Maksymalna ilość kropel podawana dziecku uzależniona jest głównie od wieku i wagi pacjenta.. Natomiast tabletki i syrop można podawać dzieciom powyżej 6.. Roku życia.. Przeprowadzono badanie wśród dzieci w wieku do 12 lat.. Wykazało ono skuteczność leczniczą wyciągów etanolowych z korzenia pelargonii przy ostrym zapaleniu oskrzeli, zapaleniu zatok oraz przy stanach zapalnych gardła i migdałów.. Pelargonia afrykańska jest doskonałym źródłem składników wykazujących prozdrowotne właściwości.. Szczególnie polecana jest jako zamiennik antybiotyków, które bardzo często obciążają nasz organizm.. Z powodzeniem może być stosowana zarówno przy infekcjach bakteryjnych, jak i grzybiczych.
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