PDR for Herbal Medicines

HERBAL MONOGRAPHS WILD MINT/813

DOSAGE

Mode of Administration: Wild Indigo is not common as a

drug, but is found in combination preparations; taken

internally as a tea and tincture; and used externally as an

ointment.

How Supplied:

Drops

Injection solutions

Liquid — I:I and 1:2, with and without alcohol.
Suppositories
Tablets
Preparation: To prepare an ointment, use 1 part liquid
extract to 8 parts ointment base. A tincture may be prepared
using the liquid extract in 60% alcohol 1:1.
Daily Dosage: Dosage for a single dose is 0.5 g to 1 g of the
dried drug as decoction, to be taken 3 times daily.
Homeopathic Dosage: 5 to 10 drops, 1 tablet or 5 to 10
globules 1 to 3 times daily or 1 ml injection solution twice
weekly sc (HAB34).
LITERATURE
Beuscher H, Kopanski L. Modulation of the immune response
by polymeric substances from Baptisia tinctoria and Echinacea
angustifolia. In: Pharm Weekblad Sci Ed. 9:229. 1987.
Beuscher N. Beuscher HU, Bodinet C, Enhanced Release of
Interleukin-1 from Mouse Macrophages by Glykoproteins and
Polysaccharides from Baptisia tinctoria and Echinacea Species.
In: PxM, Abstracts of the 37th Annual Congress on Medicinal
Plant Research Braunschwe.
Beuscher N, Bodinet C, Willigmann I, Harnischfeger G.
Biologiocal activity of Baptisia tinctoria extracts. In: Inst, fur
Angew. Botanik der Univ. Hamburg, Angewandte Botanik,
Berichte 6, 46-61. 1997.
Beuscher N, Kopanski L, Erwein C, Modulation der
Immunantwort durch polymere Substanzen aus Baptisia tinctoria
und Echinacea purpurea. In: Adv in the Biosc 68:329. 1987.
Beuscher N, Kopanski L, Stimulation der Immunantwort durch
Inhaltsstoffe aus Baptisia tinctoria. In: PM 1985:381-384. 1985.
Beuscher N, Scheit KH, Bodinet C, Egert D, Modulation der
korpereigenen Immunabwehr durch polymere Substanzen aus
Baptisia tinctoria und Echinacea purpurea. In:
Immunotherapeutic prospects of infectious diseases, Hrsg.
Masihi KN, Lange W. Springer, Heidel.
Beuscher N, Scheit KH, Bodinet C. Kopanski L,
Immunologisch aktive Glykoproteine aus Baptisia tinctoria. In:
PM 55:358-363. 1989.

Bodinet C, Beuscher N, Kopanski L. Purification of
Immunologically Active Glycoproteins from Baptisia tinctoria
Roots by Affinity Chromatography and Isoelectric Focussing.

In: PM, Abstracts of the 37th Annual Congress on Medicinal

Plant Research Braunschwe.

Harnischfeger, Buch, Harnischfeger G, Stolze H, Bewahrte

Pflanzendrogen in Wissenschaft und Medizin, Notabene-Verlag,

Bad Homburg. 1983.

Vomel T, Arzneim-Forsch 35:1437-1439. 1985.

Vomel T, Der Einflup^4 eines pflanzlichen Immunstimulans auf

die Phagozytose von Erythrozyten durch das retikulohistiozytare

System der isolierte perfundierten Rattenleber. In: Arzneim

Forsch 35(11): 1437-1439. 1985.

Wagner H, Proksch A, Riess-Mauer I, Vollmar A, Odenthal S,

Stuppner H, Jurcic K. LeTurdu M. Fang JN, Arzneim-Forsch

35: 1069-10750. 1985.

Further information in:

Hansel R, Keller K, Rimpler H, Schneider G (Hrsg.), Hagers

Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, 5. Aufl., Bde 4-6

(Drogen), Springer Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1992-

1994.

Madaus G, Lehrbuch der Biologischen Arzneimittel. Bde 1-3,

Nachdruck. Georg Olms Verlag Hildesheim 1979.

Roth L. Daunderer M. Kormann K, Giftpflanzen, Pflanzengifte.

4. Aufl., Ecorned Fachverlag Landsberg Lech 1993
   Steinegger E, Hansel R. Pharmakognosie, 5. Aufl., Springer
   Verlag Heidelberg 1992.
   Teuscher E, Biogene Arzneimittel, 5. Aufl., Wiss. Verlagsges.
   Stuttgart 1997.
   Wagner H, Wiesenauer M, Phytotherapie. Phytopharmaka und
   pflanzliche Homoopathika, Fischer-Verlag, Stuttgart, Jena, New
   York 1995.

Wild Mint

Mentha aquatica

DESCRIPTION

Medicinal Parts: The medicinal part is the dried leaf.

Flower and Fruit: The flowers are in 2 to 3 dense false

axillary whorls with inconspicuous bracts. The upper ones

are fused into a terminal, globular or ovate capitulum. The

calyx is tubular, with 13 ribs and glabrous inside. The tips

are awl-shaped to triangular. The pedicles are pubescent. The

corolla is violet with a ring of hair in the tube. The fruit is

hard with an ovoid, light brown nutlet.

Leaves, Stem and Root: Wild Mint is a perennial, 20 to 80

cm high plant with a branched underground rhizome and an

erect stem with alternate sessile curly leaves. The stem is

branched in the upper half and terminates in spikes of blue

flowers. The leaves are ovate and serrated.