Sleepberry

Products In many countries, an extract of the sleeping berry is on the market in the form of tablets (Aswal, Withania somnifera extractum 250 mg). However, the drug is only cantonally registered and may only be sold in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. It is available, for example, at the pharmacy zur Eiche http://www.eiche.ch Stem … Sleepberry

Ginseng Health Benefits

Products Preparations containing ginseng are commercially available in the form of capsules, juice, and lozenges, among others. Ginseng is included in registered drugs and in dietary supplements. In East Asia and Southeast Asia, ginseng has been used medicinally for thousands of years. Stem plant C.A. Meyer, of the Araliaceae family, is native to Manchuria in … Ginseng Health Benefits

Taiga Root

Products Cut taiga root is available in pharmacies and drugstores as an open commodity, and alternative medicine preparations such as mother tinctures are traded. In November 2009, a drug was approved by Swissmedic for the first time in many countries (Vigor Eleutherococcus, capsules). It contains the ethanolic dry root extract Eleutherococci radicis extractum ethanolicum siccum. … Taiga Root

Rose Root

Products In 2010, WS 1375 ethanolic dry extract of rose root in the form of film-coated tablets was approved in many countries. The drug is available in pharmacies and drugstores without a doctor’s prescription (Vitango, Schwabe Pharma AG, http://www.vitango.ch). Rose root is a popular adaptogen in Russian medicine, and in Sweden the extract SHR-5 has … Rose Root

Brahmi

Stem plant Scrophulariaceae, brahmi, small fat leaf. Medicinal drug The dried herb is usually used. The pressed juice from the fresh herb and extracts from the drug are also used. Ingredients Brahmi contains the steroid saponins bacoside A and B. Effects The drug is believed to have antioxidant, adaptogenic, neuroprotective, and cholinergic effects, among others. … Brahmi

Saponins

Effects Expectorating Secretolytic Anti-edematous Antiphlogistic Antiulcerogenic Adaptogenic, stimulation of the ability to learn Properties The properties and effects apply to each representative differently. Optically active Hemolytic: dissolve red blood cells Antimicrobial Taste scratchy Irritating, are injected tissue damaging Indications Cough with viscous mucus formation, catarrh. Tonic, geriatric (ginseng). Ulcer (licorice) Chronic venous insufficiency (horse chestnut) … Saponins