Piceae turiones recentes

Authors:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer, Prof. Dr. med. Martina Bacharach-Buhles

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Last updated on: 12.09.2021

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Synonym(s)

Fir branch tips; Fresh spruce tips; Spruce tips fresh; Turiones Pini

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DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

Piceae turiones recentes, also called fresh spruce tips, is a drug used in herbal medicines for the treatment of muscular and nervous pains and catarrh of the airways.

Not pharmacopoeial grade.

HPMC: not processed

ESCOP: not processed

Commission E - Monograph: Internal: catarrh of the respiratory tract, External: mild muscular and nervous pains.

IngredientsThis section has been translated automatically.

Fresh spruce tips contain essential oil (Abietis albae aetheroleum), with coffee and chlorogenic acid, coumarins, flavonoids. Among them bornyl acetate and borneol.

EffectsThis section has been translated automatically.

Piceae turiones recentes shows weak antiseptic as well as blood circulation-promoting and secretolytic effects.

Field of application/useThis section has been translated automatically.

Piceae turiones recentes is used for mild muscle and nerve pain (recommendations of Commission E) and for ndet.catarrhs of the respiratory tract.

In the USA the drug is used for the so-called "Spruce beer", a drink made of sugar syrup, water and yeast.

DosageThis section has been translated automatically.

For internal use, the usual daily dose is between 5 and 6 g. For external use in baths, 200 to 300 g of the drug per full bath.

Undesirable effectsThis section has been translated automatically.

There are no known adverse effects.

InteractionsThis section has been translated automatically.

There are no known interactions with other ingredients.

LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.

  1. Hermann PT et al. (2014) Hunnius Pharmazeutisches Wörterbuch, 11th edition, De Gruyter Verlag Berlin/Boston p. 3.
  2. Schilcher H (2016) Leitfaden Phytotherapie, Urban & Fischer Verlag Munich p. 125 f.
  3. https://arzneipflanzenlexikon.info/fichte.php

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Last updated on: 12.09.2021

Authors: Prof. Dr. med. Peter AltmeyerProf. Dr. med. Martina Bacharach-Buhles