Juniperi fructus
Synonym(s)
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Phytotherapeutically used berries of juniper. Quality of the following is defined in the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.):
HMPC monograph: Traditional-use: Internal: flushing of the urinary tract, mild urinary complaints, dyspeptic complaints, flatulence
ESCOP monograph: improvement of renal water excretion, dyspeptic complaints.
Commission E-monograph: dyspeptic complaints.
Empirical medicine: rheumatic complaints, external: muscle tension.
IngredientsThis section has been translated automatically.
Efficacy-determining ingredients: essential oil with monoterpenes alpha and beta pinene, myrcene, sabinene, thujene, limonene. 7% invert sugar, 3-4% catechin tannins, sesquiterpenes, terpenes, flavone glycosides, tannins, resins.
EffectsThis section has been translated automatically.
Effects: diuretic, spasmolytic, stimulating motility and secretion. Experimental: antileishmanial, antimicrobial, antioxidant.
Field of application/useThis section has been translated automatically.
Indication (Committee E): dyspeptic complaints
Indication (ESCOP monograph): Stimulation of diuresis
DosageThis section has been translated automatically.
Daily dose 2g (up to max. 10g) of the dried drug in 3-4 ED as tea infusion; 20-100mg essential oil; duration of application should be limited to 4 weeks
Administration:
Internal: Whole, crushed or powdered drug for the different applications.
Juniper berries for urinary tract irrigation: initially 5 berries per day, then increase by 1 berry / day up to 15 berries daily.corresponding descending dose reduction to 5 berries / day.
Tea infusion: 2 g of freshly crushed juniper berries with 150 mL of boiling water, strain after 10 min. One cup 2 to 3 times a day; average daily dose: 4 to 6 g of drug.
Juniper oil: internally: daily dose 60 to 100 mg, taken throughout the day (3 times); externally: as a bath additive 1 to 1.5 g per full bath, 3 to 4 times a week.
Undesirable effectsThis section has been translated automatically.
Renal damage, hematuria with long-term use or too high a dosage.
ContraindicationThis section has been translated automatically.
Allergy to one of the ingredients, pregnancy, inflammatory kidney diseasesnot
for children and adolescents under 18 years of age.
Trade namesThis section has been translated automatically.
Bladder Kidney Tea Uroflux® vegetable tea, Buenoson® N ointment, Dolo-cyl® oil (muscle and joint oil), Dr. Klinger's Bergischer Blutreinigungs- und Stoffwechseltee, Harntee 400, Hevert® Drainage Tea, Kneipp® Rheumatism Bath, Nephronorm® Tea, Kidney Tea 2000, Nieroxin® Urinary Tea, Polytar liquid, Pressilin®, Rheumatism Gout Tea, Scillase®, Species Sclero-Diabeticum
Note(s)This section has been translated automatically.
Juniper berries often contained in bladder and kidney tea, also in gin, also used as a spice
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
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- Moein M et al.(2016) Antileishmanial Activities of Greek Juniper (Juniperus excelsa M.Bieb.) Against Leishmania major.
- Pepeljnjak S et al.(2005) Antimicrobial activity of juniper berry essential oil (Juniperus communis L., Cupressaceae). Acta Pharm 55:417-422. promastigotes. J Evid Based Complementary Altern Med pii: 2156587215623435.
- Taviano MF et al.(2011) Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of branches extracts of five Juniperus species from Turkey. Pharm Biol 49:1014-1022.
- https://arzneipflanzenlexikon.info/wacholder.php.
- https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/herbal-monograph/final-community-herbal-monograph-juniperus-communis-l-pseudo-fructus_en.pdf
- Wenigmann M.(2017) Phytotherapy medicinal drugs phytopharmaceuticals application. Urban & Fischer: 5.115 Tormentillae rhizoma p 208-209.