Aesculus hippocastanum L. – Horse-chestnut Hippocastanaceae family Parts used for treatment include: unripe fruit (Hippocastani fructus immatrurus) and seeds from the ripe fruit (Hippocastani semen), the bark (Hippocastani cortex), the leaves (Hippocastani folium) and the flowers (Hippocastani flos).
Tanacetum parthenium (L.) – Feverfew Asteraceae – Aster family The pharmaceutical ingredient is Tanaceti parthenii herba, meaning the feverfew herb, a well-known migraine medicine, and the feverfew flower heads.
Passiflora incarnata L. – Purple passionflower, maypop Passifloraceae family The part used in medicine is the passionflower herb, harvested during blooming and quickly dried in natural conditions (shaded and ventilated).
Leonurus cardiaca – Motherwort, throw-wort, lion's ear, lion's tail Lamiaceae, formerly Labiatae – Mint family The raw material is the motherwort herb (upper shoot parts) – Leonuri herba, harvested during blooming in July and dried in natural conditions (shaded and ventilated) or in drying rooms in max. 35° C.
Valeriana officinalis L. – Valerian Valerianaceae – Valerian family The raw material is the valerian root and rhizome, harvested in the late autumn, in the second year of vegetation, dried in drying rooms in max. 35° C.
Viola tricolor – Wild pansy, heartsease Violaceae – Violet family The raw material is the wild pansy herb – Violae tricoloris herba, harvested at the start of blooming and dried in natural conditions (shaded and ventilated) or in a drying room in max. 40° C. The herb is harvested from May (in some regions end of April) to September, with young blooming, lively green shoots collected and lower, yellowed stem parts discarded. The plant is valued in folk medicine and homeopathy.
Echinacea purpurea – Echinacea, eastern purple coneflower Asteraceae, formerly Compositae – Aster family, formerly composite The raw material is the echinacea herb and root – Herba et Radix Echinaceae purpureae, harvested during blooming (July, August) in the second and third year of cultivation, processed fresh (juice, alcoholature) or dried in drying rooms in max. 45° C. The roots are harvested in the autumn, then cleaned, washed, cut and dried in drying rooms in max. 50° C.
Eucalyptus globulus – Blue gum Myrtaceae – Myrtle family The raw material are older eucalyptus leaves – Eucalypti folium which are used to source eucalyptus oil.
Varbascum phlomoides – Orange mullein, woolly mullein, clasping-leaf mullein Scrophulariaceae – Figwort family The raw material is the orange mullein corolla (flower) – Verbasci corolla, Verbasci flos (Corolla verbasci, Flos verbasci), harvested in the second year of vegetation as the flowers develop, on warm and dry days, dried in a single layer in natural conditions (shaded and ventilated), or in drying rooms, initially in a low temperature and gradually increasing up to 35° C (otherwise it darkens).
Vaccinium myrtillus – Bilberry, European blueberry Ericaceae – Heather family The raw material is the ripe bilberry fruit – Myrtilli fructus, harvested in June and July and quickly dried in natural conditions, and the bilberry leaf – Myrtylli folium, harvested from June to August.
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