Herbal tablets

Zechelius, Brunhild, Dipl. Ecotrophologist, Study of a Juice Fasting Treatment Based on Elderberry Juice, Elderflower Syrup, Elderberry Herbal tablets, Blood Purifying Drops, Diuretic Capsules and Various teas, Empirical Study, 1988. 

Herbal Tablets Tablets are dried, pulverized therapeutic material that is combined with stabilizers and binders and compressed into a tablet. A stabilizer assures that the herb retains its therapeutic effect. 

What components are used to make an herbal tablet ... 

Dietary supplements are available in a variety of delivery forms such as capsules, tablets, teas, tinctures, extracts, and bulk herbs. Sixty-eight percent of the herbal products available are in the form of a capsule or tablet. Approximately half of the herbal preparations contain a single herb [3]. An example of a softgel is Saw Palmetto Complex by PhytoPharmica. 

Herbal medications are drugs in every sense of the word. They chemically modify bodily processes and can have therapeutic or harmful effects, depending on how they are used. However, there are a few general differences between herbal and pharmaceutical drugs (Tyler 1994). Herbal drugs tend to be more dilute than pharmaceutical drugs (table 1.1). For example, caffeine is available in 200 mg tablets to produce stimulation. Coffee contains 1-2% caffeine, so in order to get the same amount of caffeine one must use 20 g of coffee bean. Similarly, aspirin is... 

Gerhard U, Hobi V, Kocher R, Konig C. (1991). [Acute sedative effect of an herbal relaxation tablet as compared to that of bromazepam]. Schweiz Rundsch Med Prax. 80(52) 1481-86. 

Many preparations of feverfew are available to the general public from health food shops and similar outlets in the U.K. They take the form of herbal or homeopathic preparations. The herbal preparations may contain just dried leaf in tablet or capsule form or indeed the dried whole plant. There are many different dosages on the market ranging from 25 to 390 mg per tablet or capsule. When the platelet antisecretory activity that could be extracted from some of these preparations was compared with that extracted from known amounts of feverfew, the apparent feverfew content of most preparations was found to be lower that that stated on the preparation [70]. In the case of the homeopathic preparation, no antisecretory activity was detected. 

PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES AND CLINICAL TRIALS Alkaline phosphatase stimulation. Extract of the leaf, administered orally to adults, was active. Patients with subacute hepatic necrosis had negative workup, except for consumption of 15 tablets of the herbal extract per day for 4 months L Anthelmintic activity. Water and petroleum ether extracts of the dried oleoresin were active on Eimeria tenella in chicken - . Anti-amoebic activity. The resin of Larrea produced inhibitory activity at a concentration of 1 ppm on Entamoeba invadens PZ axenic cultures. The nordihydroguaiaretic acid activity was observed at 10" to 10" concentrations - . 

A general disillusionment with conventional medicines, coupled with the desire for a natural lifestyle has resulted in an increasing utilization of herbal medicinal products (HMPs) across the developed world. Sales of botanical products in the United States have increased sharply in recent years, according to industry reports. An estimated 4 billion was spent in health food stores in 2000 for botanical products in bulk, as well as capsules, tablets, extracts, and teas (1 ). A similar trend is noted for European countries (5). 

ALESSE 28 (levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol tablets) Wyeth April 2004 labeling Precautions. Drug Interactions Herbal products containing St. John s wort H. perforatum) may induce hepatic enzymes (CYP) and P-gp transporter and may reduce the effectiveness of contraceptive steroids. This may also result in breakthrough bleeding ... 

Pills, tablets and capsules made from powdered herbal extracts... 

Pills, tablets and capsules can be made from the powdered herbal extracts described above. 

Herbal pills, tablets or capsules should generally be taken with warm water. However, an exception is made to these two principles if the patient suffers from an excess heat syndrome in which the heat is so strong that it is impossible to accept any warm drinks. In this case, since the administration of warm fluids may cause vomiting, herbal medicines can be taken cool. 

Ephedra is available in multiple forms. It is a common ingredient in energy boosting bars, sold as Herbal Ecstasy in some health food stores, and is also available as powder that can be mixed with water. Health food stores may sell powdered ephedrine stems, which can be used in a tea, or they may sell infusion, extracts, tinctures, or tablets of ephedra. Health food stores may also sell ephedra as the ma huang herb. Many manufacturers tend to advertise or market ephedra supplements as natural or as a botanical herb, because some consumers equate natural with safe. In China, ephedra may be boiled with cinnamon twig, licorice root, and almond to treat the common cold. 

St. John s wort. The St. John s wort plant (Hypericum perforatum Figure 6.4) is an increasingly popular herbal supplement that proponents claim has the ability to cure a vast array of ailments. St. John s wort appears to boost the release of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain, which may be the reason it is able to treat anxiety and depression. The herb contains numerous substances, two of which, hypericin and hyperforin, maybe key active ingredients. St. John s wort appears to be effective in relieving the muscle pain associated with fibromyalgia and the tissue pain associated with hemorrhoids. The herb comes in tablet, capsule, cream, and ointment forms and must be taken for several weeks before it takes full effect. St. John s wort should not be taken with antidepressants such as... 

Two teams of volunteers rate the effectiveness of either an active herbal analgesic or a placebo for the treatment of mild pain. The design is unpaired - one team are allocated to active and the other to placebo tablets. The scale used to report effectiveness is ... 

Like many other herbal extracts, valerian extract is very hygroscopic. Inclusion into tablets raises stability issues. Coatings reduce moisture absorption but often lead to tablet explosion or visual deterioration (black specs). Tablets formulated with 250 mg valerian extract, spray-dried lactose, and compressible starch were... 

The presence of other types of plant material indicates the tablet is probably a herbal remedy. These are fi equently very complex mixtmes and are unlikely to be identified by tiie simple methods proposed in this chapter. However, the examination of an alcohol extract by ulti-aviolet spectrophotometry and thin-layer chromatography is worth attempting. 

Herbs are specifically defined as non-woody, low-growing plants such as basil and parsley. Herbal medicine is considered to be the use of crude drugs of plant origin to treat illness or to promote health. A more correct term for this would be botanical medicine. Phytomedicinals are those common preparations, including capsules, tablets, tinctures, and fluidextracts that have been prepared from plant sources. This should be distinguished from plant-derived drugs that have been isolated, purified, and standardized from plant sources. 

Licorice-flavored cough mixtures Herbal cough mixtures Antibron tablets Licorice tea... 

In 2002 the Medicines Safety Authority of the Ministry of Health in New Zealand (Medsafe) ordered the withdrawal of several traditional Chinese medicines sold as herbal remedies, since they contained scheduled medicines and toxic substances (143). The products included Niu Huang lie Du Pian tablets, which contain 4% arsenic. 

There have been two cases of coagulation disorders with the herbal drug cucurbicin, each tablet of which contains vitamin E 10 mg (45). Cucurbicin is an approved herbal drug in Sweden, traditionally used for micturition difficulties. The active components are extracts from the fruit of Serenoa repens and the seed of Cucurbita pepo. 

Other herbal materials prepared by roller compaction included St. John s wort (22) and Eschscholtzia californica Cham (23). Tableting of the granulated extract markedly reduced the problems associated with dust and material feed as well as the incidence of capping. Tablets produced from granulated extracts disintegrated three limes faster than those tabletted from the powder blend. Hygroscopicity of . californica Cham, extracts decreased after roller compaction due to decreased material surface area. 

Garlic (Allium sativum) is an herbai drug with references to medicinal properties that date back thousands of years. Of all the herbal remedies available to consumers, garlic is probably the most extensively researched. Publicaiiom about the effects and benefits of garlic occur with great frequency. Garlic is a bulb. It may be u.sed os such, hut it is typically dried, powdered, and compressed into a tablet. Usually, the tablets are enteric coaled. 

GNC Herbal Plus — 300-mg tablet standardized St. John s Wort (0.3% hypericin, 0.9 mg)... 

Sundown Herbals Garlic Whole Herb, 400-mg tablets garlic clove concentrate... 

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