DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Dried leaves of the dyer's bush. Henna is obtained from the dried leaves.
Not of pharmacopoeial quality.
HMPC: not processed
ESCOP: not processed
Commission E: not processed
Traditional medicine: in the Orient: internally as a diuretic, for amoebic dysentery, gastrointestinal diseases; externally eczema, scabies, mycoses, ulcers
In the meantime the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and anticancer effects are known, see also under Henna.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Blaschek W (2015) Wichtl-Teedrogens and phytopharmaceuticals. A handbook for practice. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft Munich. S 325-327
- Badoni Semwal R et al (2014) Lawsonia inermis L. (henna): ethnobotanical, phytochemical and pharmacological aspects. J Ethnopharmacol. 2014 Aug 8;155(1):80-103. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.05.042. Epub 2. PMID: 24886774.
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