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Angelica – Angelica archangelica
Garden Angelica
Angelica archangelica
Family: Apiaceae
Part: dried roots and rhizome
Pharmaceutical name: Angelicae radix
Constituents: essential oil, secoiridoids,
coumarins, furanocoumarins, tannins, phenolic
acids.
Actions: carminative, antispasmodic, cholagogue,
warms and tonifies the spleen, warms and
moves the heart.
Uses: digestive weakness, deficiency of the
spleen Qi and Yang, poor appetite, phlegm in
the lungs and sinuses, depression.
Dose: Tinctura Angelicae, 15 - 25 drops, three
times per day.
Rosemary – Rosmarinus
officinalis
Rosemary – Rosmarinus
officinalis
Family: Lamiaceae
Part: dried leaves
Pharmaceutical name: Rosmarini folium
Constituents: essential oil, diterpenoids,
flavonoids, phenolic acids.
Actions: tonifies, warms and moves the spleen,
heart and liver Qi, digestive tonic, carminative,
antidepressant.
Uses: digestive weakness, deficiency of the
spleen Qi and Yang, poor circulation, exhaustion,
depression, dysmenorrhoea, poor libido.
Dose: Tinctura Rosmarini, 10 - 20 drops, three
times per day.
Juniper – Juniperus communis
Juniper – Juniperus communis
Family: Cupressaceae
Part: dried ripe fruit
Pharmaceutical name: Juniperi fructus
Constituents: essential oil, catechol tannins,
flavonoids, sugars.
Actions: diuretic, urinary anti-microbial,
carminative, warms and tonifies the spleen
and kidney Qi and Yang.
Uses: recurring urinary infections, digestive
weakness, oedema, mental dullness.
Dose: Tinctura Juniperi, 10 - 25 drops, three
times per day.
Tinctura aromatica
Cinnamon - Cinnamomum zeylanicum, 12 parts
Ginger - Zingiber officinale, 6 parts
Clove - Syzygium aromaticum, 2 parts
Actions: tonifies, warms and moves the
spleen Qi, carminative.
Uses: deficiency of the spleen Qi and Yang,
loss of appetite.
Dose: Tinctura aromatica, 10 - 25 drops,
three times per day.
Mistletoe – Viscum album
Family: Loranthaceae
Part: dried herb
Constituents: viscotoxins, lectins,
choline, flavonoids, saponins.
Actions: regulates blood pressure,
increases the effect of progesterone,
warms all departments of the triple heater.
Uses: premenstrual syndrome,
menopausal disorders, hypertension,
accompanying therapy for tumour diseases.
Dose: Tinctura Visci albi, 20 - 30 drops,
three times per day.
Licorice – Glycyrrhiza glabra
Family: Fabaceae
Part: dried unpeeled roots
Pharmaceutical name: Liquiritiae radix
Constituents: glycyrrhetic acid, flavonoids, starch,
coumarins, phytosterols.
Actions: adrenocorticotropic,
decreases testosterone-level, warming,
expectorant, carminative, anti-ulcer.
Uses: acne, hirsutism, peptic ulcer,
bronchitis, low blood pressure.
Dose: Extractum Liquiritiae fluidum,
15 drops, twice per day.
Yarrow - Achillea millefolium
Family: Asteraceae
Part: dried aerial parts with flowers
Pharmaceutical name: Millefolii herba
Constituents: sesquiterpene laktones,
flavonoids, tannins, essential oil.
Actions: warm and cold, antispasmodic, antiinflammatory, choleretic, digestive and
general tonic, anti-hemorrhagic, astringent,
carminative.
Uses: spasmodic digestive weakness, loss of
appetite, dysmenorrhoea, menorrhagia,
haemorrhage.
Dose: Tinctura Millefolii, 20 - 30 drops,
three times per day.
Hop – Humulus lupulus
Family: Cannabaceae
Part: cones
Constituents: humulon, lupulon,
essential oil, tannins, flavonoids.
Actions: tranquilliser, hypnotic, increases the effect of
oestrogen, digestive tonic, calms the heart and liver
hyperactive Yang.
Uses: anxiety, insomnia,
menopausal disorders, digestive weakness,
dysmenorrhoea.
Dose: Tinctura Humuli lupuli,
20 - 30 drops, three times per day.
Gentian - Gentiana lutea
Gentian – Gentiana lutea
Family: Gentianaceae
Part: dried root
Pharmaceutical name: Gentianae radix
Constituents: secoiridoids (amarogentin,
gentiopicrin), oligosaccharids (Gentianose,
Gentiobiose), phenolic acids, alkaloids.
Actions: tonifies the Qi of the spleen, stomach and
small intestine, general tonic, calms the heat of the
liver and stomach.
Uses: loss of appetite, digestive weakness,
epigastric discomfort, malabsorption, exhaustion,
post-febrile exhaustion.
Dose: Tinctura Gentianae, 20 - 30 drops, three
times per day.
Tinctura amara
Gentian – Gentiana lutea
Centaury – Centaurium erythraea
Buckbean – Menyanthes trifoliata
Bitter orange peels – Citrus aurantium ssp.
aurantium
5 parts of each
Actions: digestive and general tonic, tonifies
the Qi of the spleen, stomach and small
intestine, choleretic, calms the heat of the
liver and stomach.
Uses: Qi-deficiency, digestive weakness,
malabsorption, loss of appetite.
Dose: 20 - 30 drops, three times per day
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