Nervine

Nervine. Enjoy elder as a tea before bed. It calms the spirit and emotional body. Historically, a decoction of elder flowers was prepared and applied to the legs and arms to induce a deep sleep. Elder flower tea was also given to those suffering from epilepsy. Parts used flowers, berries. 

N.A. Menispermum canadense L. Dauricine, tetrandrine, viburnito, acutumine, acutomidine, daurinoline, N-desmethyldauricine, magnoflorine.100 Fruits are toxic if eaten in quantity. Cyanogenetic, diuretic, laxative, nervine, stomachic. 

Action Uterine tonic, nervine, anti-spasmodic. 

Gravel root is much prescribed for cases of stone in the bladder and certain other troubles of the kidneys and urinary apparatus. A decoction of 1 ounce of the root to 1 pint (reduced from 1 1/2 pints) of water is made, and taken in wineglass doses. Gravel root is also met with in nervine formulae, in which its tonic properties are recognised. 

Action One of the finest nervines known to herbalism, the whole herb is also... 

The ounce to pint infusion is now used, and taken in wineglass doses. As a nervine, Scullcap and Valerian are usually added. 

NERVINES Relieve nervous irritation and pain.—Black Haw, Bugleweed, Mistletoe, Scullcap, Valerian. 

Tincture Formula for Infertility (Men) and Impotence This formula is appropriate for men who have deficient kidney yang conditions (impotence, low sperm count, low hack pain, little or no libido). It combines kidney yin and yang tonics, nervines, and blood tonics to create a nourishing formula that gradually strengthens the reproductive, endocrine, and nervous systems. 

Nervine- an agent used for improving the fimction of the nerves. 

Dichotine (68a) and 11-methoxydichotine, bases isolated from Vallesia dichotoma, have structures incorporating several interesting features. The absence of a bond between C(3) and places them in the same relationship to alkaloids of the aspidospermatidine type as iVb-methylpseudostrychnine bears to strychnine the C(12)-Na heterocyclic ring is similar to those in the obscuri-nervine types but the ether link between C(16) and C(19) is novel. The X-ray analysis of the hydrobromide of dichotine, by which the overall structure was established, showed that the transannular Nb-C(3)-carbonyl interaction, evidenced by the spectra of the free base, results in carbonyl oxygen protonation, the salt having a full bond between Nb and C(3). 

Nervine Balaam or Baume NervaL Expressed oil of mace, and prepared ox-marrow, of each 4 ounces melted together oil of rosemary, 2 drachms oil of cloves, 1 drachm camphor, 1 drachm balsam of tolu, 2 drachms the last two dissolved in rectified spirit, 4 fluid drachms and tho whole stirred till cold. 

Spackman s Tonic and Nervine Kixture. Take i drachm sulphate of quinine,... 

J. B. Ohagnon rocuinmends citric acid for the pains following labor, and declares that it has never fiuled in bis hands. Ho gives 5 grains in 2 or 3 ounces of water every 5 hours. It acts as a nervine, and as a preventivo of in-fl nmation. 

Bacopa monniera Wettst, popularly known as Brahmi is widely used as a nervine tonic for memory improvement, cardio tonic and diuretic in Indian traditional medicine [63]. The alcoholic leaf extract of the plant was reported to improve the performance of rats in various learning experiments as manifested by better acquisition, consolidation and retention of newly acquired behavioural responses [64-66]. The activities... 

Amenorrhea secondary to trauma or great emotional stress might be treated with nervines (i.e., chamomile, motherwort, bupleurum). 

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Nervines—These substances are said to calm, soothe, and relax tensions caused by nervous excitement, strain, or fatigue. 

Believed to have sedative, nervine, and other properties. No pharmacological data are available. 

Traditional Medicine. Used in amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, hysteria, restless sleep, and as analeptic and nervine, among others. 

Traditional Medicine. The seeds are used in India as an antispasmodic to treat asthma and bronchitis and diseases of the liver and spleen (nadkarni) also in kidney failure, bladder and kidney calculi, edema, gout, pleurisy, flatulence, and others (wichtl). Oil reportedly used as diuretic in dropsy and bladder ailments, as a nervine and antispasmodic, and in rheumatoid arthritis. In the European tradition, the seeds have been used as carminative, stomachic, emmenagogue, diuretic, and laxative also for glandular stimulation, gout, kidney stones, rheumatic complaints, nervous unrest, loss of appetite, and exhaustion (blumenthal i wichtl). Leaves and petioles are used for skin problems in addition to above uses. 

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