Products Preparations from blueberries are available in pharmacies and drugstores in the form of teas, capsules, and as juice, among others. The medicinal drug is available as an open commodity. Blueberries are a typical ingredient in wild berry jams. Stem plant Bilberry L. is a perennial, low-growing shrub of the heather family (Ericaceae) native to … Blueberries
Products Melissa is available as an open product or in the form of tea bags in pharmacies and drugstores. Medicines containing lemon balm, extracts and the essential oil are on the market in the form of dragées, drops and capsules, among others, usually in combination with other medicinal plants. Stem plant Melissa L. of the … Melissa: Medicinal Uses
Products Butcher’s broom is available in pharmacies and drugstores as a gel (e.g., Alpinamed Ruscovarin), in capsule form, and as a medicinal drug. Stem plant Butcher’s broom L. belongs to the asparagus family (Asparagaceae). Medicinal drug Butcher’s broom (Rusci aculeati rhizoma) is used as medicinal raw material, the dried, whole or crushed underground parts of … Butcher’s Broom
Products Monk’s pepper extracts are commercially available as film-coated tablets and drops, among others. Stem plant Monk’s pepper L. belongs to the verbenaceae family. The shrub, which grows up to several meters high, is native to the Mediterranean region, Central Asia and India. Monk’s pepper has been used since ancient times to treat women’s ailments. … Monk Pepper
Stem plant Apiaceae, parsley. Medicinal drug Petroselini fructus – parsley fruit. Ingredients Essential oil: apiol, myristicin Flavonoids Furanocoumarins Effects Diuretic Uterus stimulating, abortive Antispasmodic Fields of application As a diuretic As a spice Dosage Due to the potential risks, use is not recommended. Commission E evaluates the application negatively. Contraindications Pregnancy, renal inflammation Adverse effects … Parsley: Medicinal Uses
Stem plant Piperaceae, pepper. Medicinal drug Piperis nigri fructus – pepper fruit. Black pepper: mature, unripe harvested, dried fruits. White pepper: ripe fruit, outer part of the pericarp is rubbed off. Green pepper: fresh, unripe fruit. Ingredients Pungents: acid amides Effects Burning Stimulation of gastric juice secretion Insecticidal (pure substances, e.g. piperine) Areas of application … Pepper
Products Peppermint tea is available in the form of sachets and as open goods in pharmacies and drugstores. Preparations from the peppermint leaves are commercially available in the form of drops, ointments, creams, oils, capsules, tea blends, as bath additives, mints, nasal ointments and mouthwashes, among others. Stem plant Peppermint x L. from the Lamiaceae … Peppermint: Medicinal Uses
Products Pfennigkraut is contained in anthroposophic medicines (Weleda Dermatodoron, Weleda Dulcamara / Lysimachia). Stem plant Primulaceae. Medicinal drugs Lysimachiae nummulariae herba – pennywort. Lysimachiae nummulariae herba recens – Fresh Pennywort Ingredients Tannins, saponins Fields of application In alternative medicine: scaly, weeping skin lesions. Note Pennywort does not correspond to Lysimachia from Chinese medicine, according to … Pennywort
Stem plant e.g. oak. Medicinal drug Plant galls are growth abnormalities caused in plants (especially leaves) by insects, e.g., by the oviposition of the gall wasp or by aphids; cf. figure. Gall apple – Galla: The gall produced by the female gall wasp Hartig on leaf buds of (PH 4) – no longer officinal today. … Plant Galls
Products Preparations from celandine are commercially available as tinctures (drops), among others. The medicinal drug is available in pharmacies and drugstores. Celandine is also called “Chelidonium” because of the generic name. Stem plant Celandine L. from the poppy family (Papaveraceae) is also native to Europe. What is special about the plant is the yellow-orange milky … Celandine: Medicinal Uses
Stem plant Equisetaceae, field horsetail. Medicinal drug Equiseti herba – Horsetail herb: The whole or cut, dried, sterile, aerial parts of L. (PhEur). PhEur requires a minimum content of flavonoids. Preparations Equiseti extractum aquosum siccum Equiseti extractum ethanolicum liquidum Equiseti extractum ethanolicum siccum Equiseti herbae pulvis Equiseti herbae recentis extractum aquosum liquidum Equiseti herbae recentis … Horsetail: Medicinal Uses
Products Yarrow herb and yarrow flowers are available as open goods in pharmacies and drugstores. Extracts are made from the medicinal drugs and are available in finished medicines such as drops and film-coated tablets. Yarrow is a typical ingredient in stomach teas. Stem plant Common yarrow L. of the daisy family (Asteraceae) is a perennial … Yarrow: Medicinal Uses
