Galega in Herbalist: Property of Galega

Scientific name

Galega officinalis

Family

Leguminosae

Origin

southern Europe

Synonyms

Parts Used

Drug given by the leaves and aerial parts of galega

Chemical constituents

• Flavonoids;
• Polysaccharides;
• Tannins;
• Saponins;
• Galegina (guanidine derivative);
• Alkaloids (peganin);
• Allantoin.

Galega in Herbalist: Property of Galega

Gallega is a plant that popular medicine commonly uses to promote lactation, as an antidiabetic remedy and with anti-inflammatory activity.
Despite the experimental demonstration of the hypoglycemic activity of some substances contained in the plant, there are no adequate clinical studies conducted in this regard.