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Devil's claw
Devil's claw — lo que la monografía europea realmente respalda, para qué no es, la forma y cuánto tiempo está pensado usarse, efectos adversos y la 3 interacción medicamentosas documentada.
Esta es una página de referencia, no un diagnóstico ni una receta. Los productos herbales son farmacología real: tienen efectos, efectos adversos e interacciones. Diga a su médico y farmacéutico todo lo que toma, incluidos tés y suplementos, y nunca suspenda ni cambie un medicamento recetado por algo que lea aquí.
Qué es
Harpagophytum procumbens DC. ex Meisn. — secondary root tuber (Harpagophyti radix)
Agrupado aquí bajo Joints, urinary tract and hormones. Posición regulatoria:Monografía herbal de la UE — uso tradicional.
Lo que respalda la evidencia
La indicación registrada:Relief of minor joint pain, and of mild digestive complaints such as bloating and loss of appetite.
A southern African plant whose secondary root tubers are dug for the European joint-pain market. The registered indication is deliberately modest — minor joint pain — and that modesty is doing real work: trials of standardised extracts in low back pain and osteoarthritis exist, but they are mostly small, short and of moderate quality, and systematic reviewers have generally called the evidence promising but insufficient. The clinical detail that separates it from the rest of the joint-supplement shelf is its contraindication in peptic ulcer disease: devil's claw increases gastric acid secretion, so monograph texts contraindicate it with active stomach or duodenal ulcers. It is also wild-harvested, and pressure on wild populations in Namibia, Botswana and South Africa has been a long-running concern.
C — Traditional use only Plausible from thirty or more years of use, which is what a traditional-use registration means. No clinical evidence was required and none has settled it.
Para qué no es
Inflammatory arthritis, a hot swollen joint, joint pain with fever, or back pain with leg weakness, numbness in the saddle area or loss of bladder control — the last of those is an emergency.
Forma, potencia y cuánto tiempo
Dried secondary tuber as tea, and standardised dry extracts in tablets, usually standardised to harpagoside content.
Duración.Traditional-use texts direct people to seek advice if joint pain persists beyond a few weeks of use.
Ninguna cifra en gramos aparece en esta página a propósito. La parte de la planta, el disolvente de extracción y la relación droga-extracto definen juntos una preparación, y un número tomado de una no describe otra. El razonamiento está en el hub; la cantidad que le aplica es la impresa en el envase que sostiene, y un farmacéutico la leerá con usted.
Efectos adversos
Digestive upset and diarrhoea are the common ones, alongside headache and dizziness. Allergic reactions occur.
Quién debería evitarlo
Contraindicated with active stomach or duodenal ulcer. Caution with gallstones. Not in pregnancy; adults only.
Interacciones con medicamentos
| Medicamento o sustancia | Qué se describe |
|---|---|
| Anti-inflammatory painkillers (NSAIDs) | It is often taken to reduce the need for anti-inflammatory painkillers, and the two share a gastric-irritation profile — which is exactly the combination the ulcer contraindication is about. |
| Anticoagulants and antiplatelets (warfarin, DOACs, aspirin, clopidogrel) | Case reports of altered warfarin control exist. With any anticoagulant, tell the prescriber before starting. |
| Diabetes medicines and insulin | Blood-glucose lowering has been reported; monitor if you take glucose-lowering medicines. |
La vista inversa — empezar por el medicamento en vez de la planta — está en la referencia de interacciones de medicamentos, alimentos y alcohol, y resumido para cada hierba de este sitio.
Fuentes:European Medicines Agency — Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products (HMPC), European Union herbal monographs · NIH National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health — herb fact sheets· comprobado2026-09-06
Preguntas frecuentes
¿Para qué se usa devil's claw?
Relief of minor joint pain, and of mild digestive complaints such as bloating and loss of appetite. A southern African plant whose secondary root tubers are dug for the European joint-pain market. The registered indication is deliberately modest — minor joint pain — and that modesty is doing real work: trials of standardised extracts in low back pain and osteoarthritis exist, but they are mostly small, short and of moderate quality, and systematic reviewers have generally called the evidence promising but insufficient. The clinical detail that separates it from the rest of the joint-supplement shelf is its contraindication in peptic ulcer disease: devil's claw increases gastric acid secretion, so monograph texts contraindicate it with active stomach or duodenal ulcers. It is also wild-harvested, and pressure on wild populations in Namibia, Botswana and South Africa has been a long-running concern.
¿Funciona devil's claw?
Valorado aquí C: Plausible from thirty or more years of use, which is what a traditional-use registration means. No clinical evidence was required and none has settled it. Inflammatory arthritis, a hot swollen joint, joint pain with fever, or back pain with leg weakness, numbness in the saddle area or loss of bladder control — the last of those is an emergency.
¿Cuánto devil's claw debo tomar?
Esta referencia no imprime cifras en gramos, porque no se transfieren entre preparaciones de distinta fuerza de extracto. Lo que se puede decir con honestidad es la forma y la duración:Dried secondary tuber as tea, and standardised dry extracts in tablets, usually standardised to harpagoside content. Traditional-use texts direct people to seek advice if joint pain persists beyond a few weeks of use.
¿Cuáles son los efectos adversos de devil's claw?
Digestive upset and diarrhoea are the common ones, alongside headache and dizziness. Allergic reactions occur.
¿Interactúa devil's claw con medicamentos?
Sí — documentado paraNSAIDs, Anticoagulants, warfarin, Diabetes medicines. Cada una se describe en esta página, con un enlace a la referencia del lado medicamento donde exista.
Otros enjoints, urinary tract and hormones
Nettle
Leaf: to increase the amount of urine and so flush the urinary tract in minor complaints, and for minor joint pain. Root: lower urinary tract symptoms related to benign enlargement of the prostate.
Saw palmetto
Relief of lower urinary tract symptoms related to benign prostatic hyperplasia, after a doctor has excluded serious conditions.
Cranberry
Reducing the chance of repeat urinary tract infections in some groups — not treating an infection that is already present.
Black cohosh
Relief of menopausal complaints such as hot flushes and profuse sweating.
Feverfew
Prophylaxis of migraine headaches, after serious conditions have been excluded by a doctor.
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