The dried leaves of the olive tree.
Ingredients: secoiridoids, tyrosol, hydroxytyrosol, oleupein, olacein (formed from oleupein during drying), flavonoids: luteolin, apigenin, diosmetin. Alkaloids: quinchonine, quinchonidine, dihydrocinchonidine.
Quality is laid down in the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.).
HMPC monograph: Traditional-use: to promote diuresis in mild urinary retention, to support cardiovascular function.
ESCOP: not processed
Commission E monograph: zero monograph.
Empirical medicine: high blood pressure, gout, arteriosclerosis and rheumatism