Leaves of the red vine.
Currently no pharmacopoeial quality description.
HMPC monograph: Internal: well established use: chronic venous insufficiency (CVI), leg swelling, varicose veins, heavy, aching and tired legs, itching and tightness in the calves, calf cramps. External: traditional-use: venous circulatory disorders, burning and itching with haemorrhoids; skin capillary fragility (spider veins).
ESCOP monograph: chronic venous insufficiency (CVI), haemorrhoids;
Commission E: not processed
Antiphlogistic, antiexudative, anti-edematous, capillary-sealing, endothelial-protective, membrane-stabilizing, antioxidant, improvement of microcirculation, inhibition of platelet aggregation, inhibition of hyaluronidase and elastase.
Finished medicinal product: see package leaflet.
Tea infusion: one cup 2 to 3 times daily; daily dose 10 to 20 g drug.
[Pour approx. 150 mL of boiling water over 3 to 6 g of finely chopped red vine leaves and strain after 10 to 15 minutes].
Headache, skin reactions, rarely gastrointestinal symptoms.
Antistax® vein tablets, Antistax® extra vein tablets, Antistax® vein capsules, Antistax® vein cream
Ingredients: flavonoids with the main representative quercetin-3O-beta-glycoside, anthocyanins, tannins, phenolic carboxylic acids tatrate, tartaric acid, malic acid, succinic acid.
Kiesewetter H et al. (2000) Efficacy of orally administered extract of red vine leaf AS 195 (folia vitis vinifera) in chronic venous insufficiency (stages I-III). A randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled trial. Drug research 50: 109-117