Synonym(s)
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Spruce needle oil, also Oleum Piceae is the medicinal essential oil obtained by steam distillation, extracted from needles, twig tips or branches of Picea abis and other species of the genus Abies or Picea.
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Commission E - Monograph: Internal and external: catarrhal diseases of the upper and lower respiratory tract; external rheumatic and neuralgic complaints.
IngredientsThis section has been translated automatically.
Effective ingredients are: Essential oil with 10-25% alpha-pinene, 5-28% camphene, 4-30% limonene, 5-35% bornyl acetate, 1-5% borneol.
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EffectsThis section has been translated automatically.
Hyperemic, antimicrobial, secretolytic.
Field of application/useThis section has been translated automatically.
Indications (according to commission E): catarrhal phenomena of the airways (internal and external applications), rheumatic complaints.
DosageThis section has been translated automatically.
To inhale, a few drops are put into hot water and the vapours are inhaled. For embrocations liquid, 10-15% preparations are used.
Trade namesThis section has been translated automatically.
Babix inhalant (external), Cor-Vel® Heart Ointment, Cor-Vel® N Heart Ointment, Kytta Rheumatism Bath, Leukona® Eukalpine Bath, Leukona® Rheumatism Bath, Pernionin® Full Bath N, Pin-Alcol® Embrocation
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Ammon HTP (2014) Hunnius pharmaceutical dictionary. Walter de Gruyter GmbH Berlin,Boston pp 124- 126.
- Dantas MG et al. (2016) Development and Evaluation of Stability of a Gel Formulation Containing the Monoterpene Borneol. ScientificWorldJournal doi: 10.1155/2016/7394685.
- Schilcher H (2016) Leitfaden Phytotherapie. Urban & Fischer Munich p. 1403
- https://arzneipflanzenlexikon.info/fichte.php