DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Dried, flowering stem tips of black nettle.
Quality specified in the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.).
HMPC: not processed.
ESCOP monograph: internal tension, restlessness and irritability with difficulty falling asleep; for mild stomach cramps.
Commission E: no monograph
Empirical medicine: mild sedative, mild insomnia, spasmolytic for gastrointestinal complaints.
IngredientsThis section has been translated automatically.
Essential oil, mainly sesquiterpenes; the unpleasant odor comes from furans. Caffeic acid derivatives, diterpenoid bitter substances, flavonoids, chlorogenic acid and lamiaceous tannins, main representative: rosmarinic acid
