Manna is a drug from the manna ash tree. Manna is used for constipation or diseases in which bowel evacuation is desired, especially in small children and elderly patients.
Quality recognized in the German Pharmacopoeia DAB 6.
Manna
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Manna contains 70 to 90 % of the sugar alcohol D-mannitol (syn. mannitol), which can hardly be absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract. Manna also contains 10 to 16 % of the sugar stachyose.
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Manna has a laxative effect.
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Manna is used for constipation or in cases where bowel evacuation with soft bowel movements is desired (for example anal fissures, haemorrhoids or after rectal-anal surgery).
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For adults, the daily dose of the drug is between 20 and 30 g, for children the dose is between 2 and 16 g per day. The drug is mainly taken in combination with figs.
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Sensitive persons may experience nausea and flatulence.
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If the intestine is obstructed, the patient should refrain from taking it.
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There are no known interactions with other drugs.
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- Schilcher H (ed.) in, Leitfaden Phytotherapie, Urban & Fischer Verlag (2016) Munich, p. 214.
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- https://www.lwf.bayern.de/mam/cms04/wissenstransfer/dateien/w34_esche_in_der_volkheilkunde_und_pharmazie.pdf