Licorice: Effects and Application

What effect does licorice have? Thanks to its sweetness, the licorice root is used to prepare stimulants such as licorice. The medicinal use of licorice already appeared in ancient Egypt, where especially pharaohs liked to drink the sweet beverage. The most important ingredients of licorice root are saponins (especially glycyrrhizin) and secondary plant compounds such … Licorice: Effects and Application

Ammonium Chloride

Products In many countries, human medicines with ammonium chloride as the active ingredient are no longer on the market. The salt is an ingredient in Mixtura solvens (Dissolving Mixture PH) and licorice. It used to be included in Bisolvon Linctus syrup along with bromhexine. In some countries, expectorants are available. Structure and properties Ammonium chloride … Ammonium Chloride

Slimming Products

Effects Antiadiposita differ in their effects. They inhibit appetite or increase satiety, reduce the absorption of food components in the intestine or promote their utilization, increase energy metabolism and degrading metabolic processes. The ideal slimming agent would enable rapid, high and stable weight loss and at the same time be very well tolerated and applicable … Slimming Products

Chai

Products Chai teas are available, for example, in pharmacies, drugstores, in tea and grocery stores in numerous varieties. Available products include tea blends, tea in tea bags, instant teas and syrups (concentrates). Ingredients Chai actually just means tea. What is meant is masala chai, which means spiced tea. The tea is very popular and widespread … Chai

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

Cough Causes and Remedies

Symptoms Coughing is a physiologic defense response used to clear foreign bodies, microorganisms, and mucus from the respiratory tract. An acute cough lasts up to three weeks and a subacute cough lasts up to eight weeks. After eight weeks, it is referred to as a chronic cough (Irwin et al., 2000). A distinction is also … Cough Causes and Remedies

Cough Syrups

Products Cough syrups are commercially available from numerous suppliers. Typical categories include herbal, “chemical” (containing synthetic active ingredients), cough-irritant, and expectorant. They are sold in pharmacies and drugstores, among other places. Cough syrup can also be prepared by the patient. For example, vegetable extracts (see below), honey, sugar and drinking water can be used. Homemade … Cough Syrups

Acute Bronchitis

Symptoms Acute bronchitis is an inflammation of the bronchial tubes. The leading symptom is a cough that is first dry and later often productive. Other symptoms include difficulty breathing, sounds when breathing (whistling, rattling), feeling sick, hoarseness, fever, chest pain, and accompanying symptoms of the common cold or flu. The disease is usually self-limiting, so … Acute Bronchitis

Breast Tea

Composition (Pharmacopoeia) Marshmallow root (4000) 10 g Anise (crushed) 15 g Yellow cat’s paw flower (5600) 5 g Licorice root (4000) 10 g Mallow flowers 15 g Senega root (4000) 10 g Thyme 10 g Mullein flowers 15 g The herbal drugs are mixed. Preparations Specierum pectoralium extractum – extract from breast tea. Effects Expectorant … Breast Tea

Licorice: Intolerance & Allergy

The term licorice is used for the extract from the root of the licorice (raw licorice) as well as for finished confectionery products that contain raw licorice as a basic substance. In addition, the extract was already used in ancient times as an expectorant and mucolytic as well as an anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic agent. Especially … Licorice: Intolerance & Allergy

Expectorant

Products Expectorants are commercially available in the form of cough syrups, drops, tablets, powders, granules, pastilles, and lozenges, among others. Structure and properties Natural (herbal), semisynthetic, and synthetic agents are used. Effects Expectorants liquefy and loosen tough mucus in the respiratory tract and promote expectoration. Mucolytic: liquefy bronchial mucus. Secretolytic: promotes production of a thin … Expectorant