PDR for Herbal Medicines

HERBAL MONOGRAPHS MERCURY HERB /513

Lindeman A et al., (1982) Lebensm Wiss Technol. 15(5):286.

Thieme H, (1965) Pharmazie 20:113.

Valle MG et al., PM 54:181.

Further information in:

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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.

Steinegger E, Hansel R, Pharmakognosie, 5. Aufl., Springer

Verlag Heidelberg 1992.

Wichtl M (Hrsg.), Teedrogen, 4. Aufl., Wiss. Verlagsges.

Stuttgart 1997.

Medicago sativa

See Alfalfa

• Melaleuca alternifolia

See Tea Tree

Melaleuca leucadendra

See Cajuput

Melaleucaea viridiftofa

See Niauli

Melilotus officinalis

See Sweet Clover

m

Melissa officinalis

See Lemon Balm

Mentha aquatica

See Wild Mint

Mentha arvensis var.

piperascens

See Japanese Mint

Mentha longifolia

See English Horsemint

Mentha piperita

See Peppermint

Mentha pulegium

See Pennyroyal

Mentha spicata

See Spearmint

Menyanthes trifoliata

See Bog Bean

Mercurialis annua

See Mercury Herb

Mercury Herb

Mercurialis annua

DESCRIPTION

Medicinal Parts: The drug is the flowering plant.

Flower and Fruit: The plant has yellow-green flowers. The

male flowers are in tightly packed, interrupted ears, on thin,

hair-like pedicles. They have 12 stamens. The female

flowers are short-petioled in twos or threes in the leaf axils.

The style is short or non-existent. There are 2 stigmas. The

fruit is a 2-headed capsule.