Synonym(s)
Mucilages
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Medicinal drugs which are used in phytomedicine because of their content of plant mucilages. The quality of the mucilages is defined by the so-called swelling number.
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Mucilages have antiphlogistic and laxative properties.
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For inflammatory diseases of the throat and gastrointestinal tract. Also effective as midle laxatives.
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer
Prof. Dr. med. Martina Bacharach-Buhles