Juniperi aetheroleum

Oil obtained from ripe juniper berry cones by steam distillation.

The quality is defined in the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.):

HMPC monograph: Traditional-use: Internal: Flushing of the urinary tract for mild urinary complaints, dyspeptic complaints, flatulence. External: for mild muscle and joint pain

Traditional medicine: rheumatic diseases, as a flushing therapy for infections of the urinary tract, as a "blood purifier and degreaser".

Hypersensitivity to the active substance. severe kidney disease incl. infectious interstitial nephritis, pyelitis and pyelonephritis.

Pregnancy and lactation, not for children and adolescents under 18 years of age.

Ingredients: Terpene hydrocarbons: α-pinene, β-pinene, myrcene, sabinene, thujene, limonene.

Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons: β-caryophyllene, cadinene, α-cadinol, elemene.

Terpene alcohols: terpinen-4-ol.

1. https://arzneipflanzenlexikon.info/wacholder.php
2. https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/herbal-monograph/final-community-herbal-monograph-juniperus-communis-l-aetheroleum_en.pdf
3. https://www.awl.ch/heilpflanzen/juniperus_communis/wacholder.htm