Pini turiones
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DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Pini turiones, also called pine shoots, is a drug used in herbal medicines for the treatment of mild muscular and nervous pains and for catarrhal diseases of the upper and lower respiratory tract.
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Commission E - Monograph: Internal: catarrhal diseases of the upper and lower respiratory tract. External: mild muscular and nervous pains.
IngredientsThis section has been translated automatically.
Pini turiones contains resins, flavonoids and essential oil, with 10 and 50 % alpha-pinene (see pinene below), 10 to 25 % beta-pinene, 15 to 60 % beta-phellandrene and up to 12 % camphene.
EffectsThis section has been translated automatically.
Pini turiones has a weak antiseptic effect, stimulates blood circulation and is also secretolytic.
Field of application/useThis section has been translated automatically.
Pine sprouts are used to treat mild muscle and nerve pain and catarrhal diseases of the upper and lower respiratory tract.
DosageThis section has been translated automatically.
For use several times a day use 2 to 3 g of the drug according to the preparation. For rubbing in liquid or semi-solid preparations with extracts, use 20 to 50 g of the drug.
Undesirable effectsThis section has been translated automatically.
Irritation of skin and mucous membranes
ContraindicationThis section has been translated automatically.
Allergy to one of the ingredients. Caution: In infants and young children up to 2 years, possibly triggering a vocal cramp (glottis spasm, laryngospasm) to respiratory arrest, never in the face ! from use in children up to 4 years is not advised!
InteractionsThis section has been translated automatically.
There are no known interactions with other drugs.
Recipe(s)This section has been translated automatically.
The fixed combination eucalyptus oil+pine needle oil consists of:
- Eucalyptus oil (see eucalyptus below)
- Pine needle oil
has a slightly antispasmodic, slightly antiseptic, hyperemic, secretolytic, expectorant effect and is used in a catarrh of the airways.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Schilcher H (ed.) in, Leitfaden Phytotherapie, Urban & Fischer Verlag (2016) Munich, p. 188 f.
- https://arzneipflanzenlexikon.info/kiefer.php