PDR for Herbal Medicines

HERBAL MONOGRAPHS BITTER ORANGE/ 87

nervous tension and sleeplessness. Fold medicine uses

include chronic bronchitis.

Chinese Medicine: Uses in Chinese medicine include pain in

the epigastrum, vomiting and anorexia. -

BITTER ORANGE PEEL

Approved hy Commission E:

• Loss of appetite


• Dyspeptic complaints
  Unproven Uses: Folk medicine uses include loss of appetite
  and dyspeptic symptoms.
  Chinese Medicine: Bitter Orange peel is used for coughs,
  colds, anorexia, to reduce apathy and for uterine and anal
  prolapse.
  PRECAUTIONS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS
  BITTER ORANGE FLOWER AND FLOWER OIL
  No health hazards or side effects are known in conjunction
  with the proper administration of designated therapeutic
  dosages.
  BITTER ORANGE PEEL
  No health hazards or side effects are known in conjunction
  with the proper administration of designated therapeutic
  dosages. An elevation of UV-sensitivity is possible with
  light-skinned individuals due to the phototoxic effect of the
  furocoumarins. Frequent contact with the drug or with the
  volatile oil (such as the exposure experienced by workers in
  the liquor industry) can cause a sensitization that results in
  erythema, swelling, blisters, pustules, dermatoses leading to
  scab formation and pigment spots.
  DOSAGE
  BITTER ORANGE PEEL
  Mode of Administration: Cut and coarsely powdered drug for
  teas, other bitter-tasting galenic preparations for oral
  application.
  How Supplied:' Commercial pharmaceutical preparations
  include drops, tonics and tea mixtures.
  Preparation: To prepare a tea, add 1 tsp of drug to 150 ml of
  hot water, let stand for 10 minutes, then strain.
  Daily Dosage:

Drug: 4 to 6 g

Extract: 1 to 2 g

Tea: 1 cup 1 hour before meals

Tincture (according to DAB 7): 2 to 3 g

LITERATURE
BITTER ORANGE FLOWER AND OIL
Slater CA, (1961) J Sci Agric Food 12:732.

Stanley WL, Jurd L, (1971) J Agric Food Chem 19:1106.

Tatum JH, Berry RE, (1977) Phytochemistry 16:109.

Further information in:

Kern W, List PH, Horhammer L (Hrsg.), Hagers Handbuch der

Pharmazeutischen Praxis, 4. Aufl., Bde. 1-8, Springer Verlag

Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1969.

Leung AY, Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used

in Food Drugs and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons Inc., New

York 1980.

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., Ecomed Fachverlag Landsberg Lech 1993.
   Tang W, Eisenbrand G, Chinese Drugs of Plant Origin,
   Springer Verlag Heidelberg 1992.
   Wichtl M (Hrsg.), Teedrogen, 4. Aufl., Wiss. Verlagsges.
   Stuttgart 1997.
   BITTER ORANGE PEEL
   Clavarano I, Essenze Deriv. Agrum 36:5. 1966.
   Horowitz RM, Gentili B, Tetrahedron 19:773. 1963.
   Slater CA, (1961) J Sci Agric Food 12:732.
   Stanley WL, Jurd L, (1971) J Agric Food Chem 19:1106.
   Tatum JH, Berry RE, (1977) Phytochemistry 16, 109.
   Further information in:
   Kern W, List PH, Horhammer L (Hrsg.), Hagers Handbuch der
   Pharmazeutischen Praxis, 4. Aufl., Bde. 1-8, Springer Verlag
   Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1969.
   Leung AY, Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used
   in Food Drugs and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons Inc., New
   York 1980.
   Lewin L, Gifte und Vergiftungen, 6. Aufl., Nachdruck, Haug
   Verlag, Heidelberg 1992.
   Madaus G, Lehrbuch der Biologischen Arzneimittel, Bde 1-3,
   Nachdruck, Georg Olms Verlag Hildesheim 1979.
   Roth L, Daunderer M, Kormann K, Giftpflanzen, Pflanzengifte,


5. Aufl., Ecomed Fachverlag Landsberg Lech 1993.
   Steinegger E, Hansel R, Pharmakognosie, 5. Aufl., Springer
   Verlag Heidelberg 1992.
   Tang W, Eisenbrand G, Chinese Drugs of Plant Origin,
   Springer Verlag Heidelberg 1992.
   Teuscher E, Biogene Arzneimittel, 5. Aufl., Wiss. Verlagsges.
   Stuttgart 1997.
   Wichtl M (Hrsg.), Teedrogen, 4. Aufl., Wiss. Verlagsges.
   Stuttgart 1997.