PDR for Herbal Medicines

646 /ROSEMARY PDR FOR HERBAL MEDICINES

DOSAGE

Mode of Administration: Rosemary is available as whole,

crude and powdered drug forms for internal and external use.

It is also available in compounded preparations.

How Supplied:

Liquid — 1:1

Preparation:

Tea — pour boiling water over 2 gm finely cut drug and

strain after 15 minutes (1 teaspoon corresponds to approxi-

mately 2 gm drug).

Rosemary wine — Add 20 gm drug in 1 Liter wine, let stand

for 5 days, shake occasionally.

Tincture — 1:5 with 70% ethanol (V/V)

Liquid extract — 1:1 45% ethanol (V/V)

Daily Dosage: The daily dose is 4 to 6 gm drug.

Tea — 1 cup several times a day

Tincture (1:5) — single dose: 20 to 40 drops

Liquid extract — single dose: 2 to 4 ml

Externally — semi-solid and liquid forms wjth 6 to 10%

essential oil

Bath additive — 50 gm drug to 1 Liter hot water added to

full or hip bath

Washes — use 1% infusion

Homeopathic Dosage: 5 drops, 1 tablet or 10 globules every

30 to 60 minutes (acute) or 1 to 3 times daily (chronic);

parenterally: 1 to 2 ml sc acute: 3 times daily; chronic: once

a day (HAB1)

Storage: Rosemary should be protected from light and

moisture.

Kreis P, Juchelka D, Motz C, Mosandl A, Chirale Inhaltstoffe

atherischer Ole. In: DAZ 131(39):1984. 1991.

Litvinenko VI et al., (1970) Planta Med 18:243.

Mascolo N et al., (1987) Phytother Res 1(1):28.

Tattje DHE, (1970) Pharm Weekbl 105:1241.

Further information in:

Fenaroli's Handbook of Flavor Ingredients, Vol. 1, 2nd Ed.,

CRC Press 1975.

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


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      Nachdruck, Georg Olms Verlag Hildesheim 1979.
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1996. Aufl., Ecomed 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.
      Wichtl M (Hrsg.), Teedrogen, 4. Aufl., Wiss. Verlagsges.
      Stuttgart 1997.

Rosinweed

Silphium laciniatum

DESCRIPTION

Medicinal Parts: The medicinal part is the root.

Leaves, Stem and Root: The plant is a stately 1 to 4 m high

herbaceous perennial, with an almost leafless, round shaft.

The leaves are 30 to 60 cm long. They are long-petioled,

simple or double pinnate leaves. The leaves are alternate,

with their edges turned upward and downward and their

surfaces facing north and south.

Characteristics: The taste of the root is bitter and then acrid.

The roots are odorless.

Habitat: The plant grows in the midwestern U.S., especially

Ohio.

Other Names: Compass Weed, Polar Plant, Pilot Weed

LITERATURE
Anonym, Phytotherapie:Pflanzliche Antirheumatika - was
bringen sie? In: DAZ 136(45):4012-4015. 1996.
Boehlens MH, Perfum Flav 10:21-24, 26 et 28-37. 1985.
Brieskorn CH, Zweyrohn G, (1970) Pharmazie 25:488.
Brieskorn CH, Domling HJ, (1969) Z Lebensm Unters Forsch
14:10.
Brieskorn CH, Michel H, (1968) Tetrahedron Letters 30:3447.
Czygan I, Czygan FC, Rosmarin - Rosmarinus officinalis L. In:
ZPZ 18(3): 182-186. 1997.
Haraguchi H et al., Inhibition of lipid peroxidation and
superoxide generation by diterpenoids from Rosmarinus
officinalis. In: PM 61(4):333-336. 1995.

Houlihan CM et al., (1985) J Am Oil Chem Soc 62(1):96.

Koedan A, Gijbels MJM, (1978) Z Natur Forsch 33C, 144.