What are the effects of spruce needles? The essential oil contained in the needles of the common spruce (Picea abies) and fresh branch tips are used internally against catarrh of the respiratory tract (colds). They are also used externally for rheumatic complaints and mild muscle and nerve pain. The essential oil of spruce needles promotes … Pine Needle Oil: How it works
Products Lemon oil is available as a pure substance in specialized stores. Structure and properties Lemon oil is the essential oil extracted from the fresh fruit peel of by suitable mechanical processes without heating. So, unlike other essential oils, it is not obtained by steam distillation. Lemon oil is present as a clear, slightly mobile, … Lemon Oil
Products Cinnamon is commercially available, among other things, as a spice, as a medicinal drug, tea and in the form of capsules as a dietary supplement. It is found in remedies for digestion such as Carmol, Klosterfrau Melissengeist and in Zeller Balsam. Cinnamon is also a component of traditional pharmaceutical preparations such as aromatic tincture … Cinnamon
Products Cinnamaldehyde is found, for example, in cinnamon bark, cinnamon oil, cosmetics, personal care products and foods. Structure Cinnamaldehyde (C9H8O, Mr = 132.2 g/mol) exists as a yellow and viscous liquid with an odor of cinnamon that is sparingly soluble in water. It is a natural substance found in cinnamon and its essential oil and … Cinnamaldehyde
Products In many countries, kava is currently only available in the form of highly diluted homeopathic medicines. For example, Similasan Kava-Kava tablets contain kava in the homeopathic potencies D12, D15 and D30. This remedy no longer contains kava. Mother tinctures and low potencies up to and including D6 may no longer be sold. Previously distributed … Kava
Stem plant Apiaceae, dill. Medicinal drug Anethi herba – dill weed Anethi fructus – dill fruit Ingredients Essential oil: carvone Effects Antispasmodic Antibacterial Fields of application Dyspeptic complaints As a spice Dosage Average daily dose 3 g
Stem plant Poaceae, Common couch grass. Medicinal drug Graminis rhizoma – Common couch grass rhizome: the whole or cut rhizome, freed from the secondary roots, washed and dried Beauv. ( Gould (PhEur). Preparations Kidney and bladder teas Kidney and bladder lozenges Ingredients Mucilage Polysaccharides: triticin Essential oil Saponins Effects Diuretic Antimicrobial (essential oil) Areas of … Couch Grass
Products The whole or ground medicinal raw material, as well as the essential oil and fatty oil, are available in pharmacies and drugstores. Medicinal products containing coriander are few in commerce. As a rule, they are tea mixtures. Stem plant Coriander, from the umbelliferae family (Apiaceae), is native to the Mediterranean region and is cultivated. … Coriander
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 Preparations containing passionflower herb are included in numerous medicinal products and are available in the form of teas, dragées, and as drops, among others. Monopreparations include, for example, Valverde Calming and Sidroga Calming Tea. In addition, various combination preparations are available. Passionflower herb is also available as an open product in pharmacies and drugstores. … Passionflower
Stem plant Fabaceae, thorny knapweed. Medicinal drug Ononidis radix – Hauhechelwurzel: The whole or cut, dried root of L. (PhEur). Preparations Ononidis extractum ethanolicum siccum Ononidis radicis extractum ethanolicum siccum Ononidis tinctura Kidney and bladder teas Kidney and bladder lozenges Ingredients Flavonoids Essential oil Effects Diuretic Indications Flushing therapy for urinary tract infections, cystitis. Dosage … Hauhechel
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
