Phlegm drugs

Authors:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer, Prof. Dr. med. Martina Bacharach-Buhles

Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Synonym(s)

Mucilages

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DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

Medicinal drugs which are used in phytomedicine because of their content of plant mucilages. The quality of the mucilages is defined by the so-called swelling number.

EffectsThis section has been translated automatically.

Mucilages have antiphlogistic and laxative properties.

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For inflammatory diseases of the throat and gastrointestinal tract. Also effective as midle laxatives.

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Authors: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer Prof. Dr. med. Martina Bacharach-Buhles