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
Products Green coffee is commercially available in many countries in the form of capsules, powder and toffees from various suppliers, among others. Ingredients Green coffee is made from raw and unroasted coffee beans. The powder or extracts are used. The effects are primarily attributed to the high content of chlorogenic acids. According to some sources, … Green Coffee
Stem plant Asteraceae, coltsfoot. Medicinal drug Farfarae folium – Coltsfoot leaves: the dried leaf of L (Compositae) (PH 5) – no longer officinal Farfarae flos – Coltsfoot flowers: the dried flower head of L (Compositae) (PH 5) – no longer officinal Preparations Farfarae folii recentis succus. Ingredients Mucilages: polysaccharides Pyrrolizidine alkaloids: sinkirkin, senecionin, tussilagin. Phenolic … Coltsfoot Health Benefits
Products Mate leaves are available in pharmacies, drugstores, and grocery stores, among other places, also as open goods. Mate is drunk primarily in South America. In Europe, it has hardly caught on so far. Stem plant The mate shrub from the holly family (Aquifoliaceae) is native to southern South America, where it is also cultivated … Mate
Products The medicinal drug and teas are available in pharmacies and drugstores. In addition, capsules, drops, juices and topical medicines such as gels are available, among others. Stem plant The parent plants are (greater nettle) and (lesser nettle) from the nettle family (Urticaceae). Medicinal drug Nettle leaves (Urticae folium) are the dried, whole or cut … Nettle: Medicinal Uses
Stem plant Caprifoliaceae, black elderberry. Medicinal drug Sambuci flos – elderflower: elderflower consists of the dried flowers of L. (PhEur). PhEur requires a minimum content of flavonoids. Sambuci fructus – elderberries. Preparations Sambuci floris extractum Sambuci fructus succus spissus Species laxantes PH Species diaphoreticae Elderflower syrup Succus Sambuci inspissatus PH 5 see also under elderflower … Elderberry Health Benefits
Products Preparations of arnica flowers are available as an ointment, a gel, a tincture, and body care products (e.g., body oil, bath), among others. The medicinal drug is available in pharmacies and drugstores. Arnica must not be collected by yourself! It is included in the red list of endangered species. Stem plant Arnica, from the … Arnica Effects and Side Effects
Products Aronia berries, aronia juice, aronia tea, capsules and other products are available in pharmacies and drugstores, among others. Aronia is counted among the so-called superfoods. Stem plant The chokeberry bushes (black berries, black chokeberry) and (red berries, felty chokeberry) from the rose family originally come from North America. They also reached Europe in the … Chokeberry
Products Preparations from artichoke leaves are commercially available in the form of capsules, dragées, tablets, drops, as tea mixtures and as juice, among others. The medicinal drug is also available. Artichokes are also used to make the Italian liqueur Cynar. Stem plant Artichoke (synonym: from the daisy family (Asteraceae) is a thistle-like plant native to … Artichoke: Medical Benefits
