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, drops, three times per day.

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, drops, three times per day.

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, 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, 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, drops, three times per day.

Licorice – Glycyrrhiza glabra 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, anti- inflammatory, choleretic, digestive and general tonic, anti-hemorrhagic, astringent, carminative.

Uses: spasmodic digestive weakness, loss of appetite, dysmenorrhoea, menorrhagia, haemorrhage. Dose: Tinctura Millefolii, 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, drops, three times per day.

Gentian - Gentiana lutea

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, 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: drops, three times per day

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