Lavandulae flos
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Dried and crushed, not yet blossomed flowers of the lavender plant (Lavandula angustifoliae Mill.)
HMPC monograph: traditional-use: restlessness, anxious moods.
ESCOP monograph: mood swings, restlessness, agitation, sleep disorders; functional abdominal complaints
Commission E-monograph: internal: mood disorders, restlessness, difficulty falling asleep, functional upper abdominal complaints: nervous stomach, Roehmheld syndrome, flatulence, nervous intestinal complaints; external: as a bath for circulatory complaints.
Empirical medicine: indicated for calming infants and toddlers as an herbal pillow and aromatherapy: Caution: in infants and toddlers it can cause laryngospasm and respiratory arrest, which is why the authors warn against its use in infants!
According to the EMA: insufficient data for use in children under 12 years of age.
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The medicinal use is based on the antiseptic, sedative, choleretic effect. Sedative, sleep-inducing, anxiolytic and hyperaemic.
see also Lavandulae aetheroleum
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Indication (monographed according to Commission E): Functional circulatory disorders, sleep disorders, functional dyspepsia, meteorism, Roemheld syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome. Depressive moods.
Traditional (not monographed) indications: to calm children, for rheumatic complaints
see also under Lavandulae aetheroleum
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Do not use during pregnancy and lactation due to lack of data.
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For persons > 12 years tea preparations, pour 150ml of hot water over 1.0 - 2.0g of drug. Drink 3x/day.
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Rarely allergic reaction.
Caution: Small children and infants - risk of laryngeal spasm!
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In case of hypersensitivity to the ingredients.
Children and adolescents < 12 years
External: Infants and young children > 2 years for external use - see Lavandulae aetheroleum
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Amman HP et al. (2014) Hunnius Pharmaceutical Dictionary. De Gruyter GmbH Berlin, Boston pp. 1043-1044
- Fißler M et al. (2014) A case series on the use of lavendula oil capsules in patients suffering from major depressive disorder and symptoms of psychomotor agitation, insomnia and anxiety. Complement Ther Med 22:63-69.
- https://arzneipflanzenlexikon.info/lavendel.php
- https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/herbal-monograph/final-community-herbal-monograph-lavandula-angustifolia-p-mill-flos_en.pdf
- Wenigmann M. (2017) Phytotherapy medicinal drugs, phytopharmaceuticals, application. Urban & Fischer, pp. 144-145
Fißler M et al. (2014) A case series on the use of lavendula oil capsules in patients suffering from major depressive disorder and symptoms of psychomotor agitation, insomnia and anxiety. Complement Ther Med 22:63-69