Birch: Medicinal Uses

Products Commercially available products include teas, tea blends, the cut medicinal drug, drops, and birch sap (selection). Extracts of birch leaves are typical ingredients of kidney and bladder dragées and kidney and bladder teas. Stem plant The parent plants are the birch trees (weeping birch) and (downy birch) of the birch family. Both species are … Birch: Medicinal Uses

Birch Sap

Products Birch sap is available in specialized stores. It can also be freshly “tapped” yourself. The juice is also called birch water. It is produced in Scandinavia, the Baltic States, Eastern Europe and Russia, among other places. Ingredients Birch sap is obtained exclusively in the spring by tapping the trunks of birch trees ( sp.). … Birch Sap

Birch: Medicinal Uses

The common birch is planted as an ornamental tree in many countries. Both species of birch are native to northern and central Europe and northern Asia. The drug, birch leaves, comes from China, Poland, Russia, and other Eastern European countries. The leaves of one of the two birch species are used for the drug. These … Birch: Medicinal Uses

Birch: Applications and Uses

Preparations from birch leaves have diuretic (diuretic) action. They are primarily suitable for the treatment of bacterial and inflammatory diseases of the urinary tract and kidney gravel, an accumulation of small kidney stones in the urinary system. Increased urinary excretion counteracts the formation of kidney and bladder stones, but the flushing out of water accumulation … Birch: Applications and Uses

Birch: Dosage

The drug can be prepared as a tea and is also available as a medicinal tea. Among tea blends, some bladder and kidney teas contain birch leaves, and less frequently they are found in gout and rheumatism teas. Furthermore, birch leaves are contained in many traditional mono- and combination preparations, for example, in elixirs, dragées, … Birch: Dosage

Birch: Effect and Side Effects

The flavonoids contained in the leaves of birch have a diuretic effect, which has also been experimentally confirmed in animal studies. Flavonoids inhibit a certain enzyme whose activity contributes to urinary retention. Inhibition of this enzyme results in more rapid urination. This effect is possibly further supported by the relatively high content of ascorbic acid … Birch: Effect and Side Effects

Medicinal Teas

Products Medicinal teas are available in pharmacies and drugstores as finished medicines or home-made. They belong to the group of herbal medicines (phytopharmaceuticals). Definition and properties Medicinal teas consist of usually dried, cut, or whole plant parts, which may come from one or more plants. These are referred to as medicinal drugs. Medicinal teas are … Medicinal Teas

Diuretics (Water Pills): Effects, Side Effects, Dosage and Uses

Products Diuretics are mainly administered in the form of tablets. In addition, injectables are also commercially available. Among the most commonly prescribed diuretics are loop diuretics (torasemide). Effects Diuretics (ATC C03) have diuretic and antihypertensive properties. Through various mechanisms, they cause increased excretion of water and electrolytes in the urine. They are active at the … Diuretics (Water Pills): Effects, Side Effects, Dosage and Uses

Dandruff

Symptoms Dandruff is white or slightly gray in color. While dry dandruff tends to be small and small-shaped, greasy dandruff develops larger and also thicker scales due to the adhesive property of sebum. The most affected area is usually the crown of the head, while the nape of the neck usually has little or no … Dandruff