Chamomile Flowers

There is a senes of herbal drugs that are used on their own - they arc called mono- or monovalent drugs examples of these are chamomile flowers, peppermint leaves, wormwood, etc. This book described 181 such individual drugs. 

Parts Chamomile flowers 15 Parts Fennel (crushed)... 

Fig 1 Chromatogram of a chamomile flower extract and of chamomile oil components (A) and reflectance scans (B) of reference tracks with 3.75 pg bisabolol oxide (1) and 9.5 pg bisabolol (2) and a chromatogram track with chamomile flower extract (3). 

Chamomile is the most favorite and most used medicinal plant species in Slovakia. A very old folk saying in Slovakia says An individual should always bow before the curative powers of the chamomile flower ted This respect resulted from hundreds of years experience in using it as a cme in folk medicine in this country. 

The percentage of essential oil content in dry chamomile flower-heads and its qttali-tative and qrrantitative characteristics, which were determined by the GC-analysis are presented in comprehensive Table 7.1. Percentage corrterrts of the essential oil from chamomile flower anthodia were ranging 0.63 0.19 over the whole examined samples. 

Table 7.1 presents essential oil composition of dry chamomile flowers from individual natural sites and years of their collection in the East-Slovakian Lowland. 

One from very important exporter in the world of the chamomile flowers is Egypt. The possibility to visit some chamomile production areas in this African country occured several times in 1997 and 1998. Chamomile flowers from different Egyptian areas have a highest /-/-a-bisabololoxide content, from 40.1% to 68.2% (Table 7.4). The pharmaceutically effective components (/-/-a-bisabolol and... 

Foundation or J J Enterprizes. An anonymous user provided the ingredients list dandelion root, burdock root, red clover top, chamomile flower, alfalfa leaf, licorice root, slippery elm inner bark, hibiscus flower, dog rose hips, natural fruit flavors. Dandelion root is said to be the effective diuretic. 

It is applicable to kidney disorders and dyspepsia. It was formerly valued as an antiscorbutic, but with advances in food distribution, this property is now rarely considered. In conjunction with Yarrow or Chamomile flowers an excellent poultice may be made for application to abscesses and gatherings. The infusion of 1 ounce of the herb to 1 pint of boiling water is taken in wineglass doses. 

Matricaria chamomilla (chamomile) [flower], M. recutita, Achillea spp., Artemisia spp. (Asteraceae) [aerial], Didierea spp. (Didieraceae)... 

Iberogast contains extracts of bitter candy tuft, chamomile flower, peppermint leaves, caraway fruit, licorice root, lemon balm leaves, angelica root, celandine, and milk thistle fruit, and has been used to treat dyspepsia (168). In a systematic review, adverse events were rare and similar to those found with placebo (169). 

Skilful treatment with supercritical carbon dioxide thus can yield extracts with high contents in active principles e.g. from pyrethmm flowers [2], valarian roots [3] or chamomile flowers [4]. This method produces directly high grade products which do not need further refining after the classical extraction. 

Matricaria chamomilla L. (Chamomile) Flowers SD 1.2 bisabolols, ehamazulenes 33... 

Savory, peppermint, and dragonhead Blood plasma Lavender, rosemary, crimson glory, chamomile flowers, rose, peppermint, eucalyptus, and guajava Creams... 

Scalia S, Giuffreda L, Pallado P. Analytical and preparative supercritical fluid extraction of chamomile flowers and its comparison with conventional methods. J Pharm Biomed Anal 1998 21 549-558. 

CHAMOMILE FLOWERS Matricaria recutita, L., family Asteraceae, contain an essential oil rich in sesquiterpenes such as bisabolol and chamazulene which have excellent antiinflammatory effects. 

CHAMOMILE FLOWERS Matricaria recutita L.), family Asteraceae Chamomile flowers contain chamazulene and bisabolol, whereas white willow, Salicis albae cortex, bark from Salix alba, L., family Salicaceae, contains salicylic acid and its derivatives. These substances have antiseptic and disinfectant effects. 

Lanes 1+2 3 pi + 5 pi dichloromethane extract of chamomile flowers (identity test... 

A 35-yr-old pregnant woman was administered an enema containing glycerol and Kamillosan , an oily chamomile flower extract, during labor. Ten minutes later, she experienced nausea. Twenty-five minutes after administration,... 

Chamomile is regulated as a dietary supplement in the United States. Chamomile flower (German) is approved by the German Commission E for external use to treat skin, gum, and mucous membrane inflammation bacterial skin diseases inflammation and irritation of the respiratory tract (via inhalation) ... 

Fluid Extract of Chamomile. Take of fresh chamomile flowers, 1 pound alcohol of specific gravity. 871. Moisten the chamomile in coarse powder, with the alcohol, then pack in a percolator, and cover with the alcohol digest 6 days, and draw off 12 ounces, which set aside. Continue the displacement Trith dilated alcohol, until it is fireely exhausted of its bitterness, which evaporate in a vacuum to 4 fluid ounces. Mix and fiter. 1 drachm of this preparation represents 60 grains of chamomile flowers, which is usually... 

Others are used d, and reduced to powder, such as Cantharides (Spanish flies) capsicums dried chamomile flowers fenugreek se s marsh-mallow root mudar bark opium pelhtoiy root black pepper, Ac. 

Fomentation for Ordinary Occasions. Dried mallows. 1 ounce chamomile flowers, dried, i ounce water, 1 pint. Boil for i hour, and strain the liquor. 

TLC synopsis The steam distillates of 13 chamomile flowers of the trade market show a different qualitative pattern of the main constituents. 

ChamoiTii]lae flos German chamomile flowers Chainomilla recutita (L.)... 

Needles from ether + peir ether, mp 31,5. Avoid contact with eyes. Produces harmless yellow stains on skin. Odor of chamomile flowers. Very slightly volatile with steam (as compared with furfural). dj 1.2062. bp0 0, 110, n[f 1.5627. uv max 283 nm. Heat of combustion 665 kcal/mol. 

Bitter vegetables in Peruvian bark, oak bark, leaves of wormwood, of tanfey, chamomile flowers or leaves. 

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