Motherwort tincture

General characteristics. Structure:

International name: Leonurus cardiaca
Main physical and chemical properties: transparent liquid of color, brown with a greenish shade, bitterish on taste, with a slight fragrant smell; at storage it is allowed formations of a deposit.
Structure: tinctures of a grass of a pustirnik (1:5).
Excipient: alcohol of ethyl 70%.

Pharmacological properties:

Behind the nature of action motherwort tincture close to valerian drugs. The soothing effect occurs due to strengthening of process of braking or decrease in process of excitement in the central nervous system. Does not show somnolent action, but facilitates approaches of a physiological dream and deepens it. Does not cause the phenomena of accustoming, mental dependence.

 
Famakokinetika. It is not revealed.

Indications to use:

Functional disturbances of activity of cardiovascular system (neurocirculatory dystonia on hypertensive type), at initial stages of arterial hypertension, and also at the increased emotional excitability, irritability, easy forms of sleep disorders.

Route of administration and doses:

Tincture of a motherwort is accepted inside. If the doctor did not appoint other scheme of treatment, adults are recommended to apply till 30-50 tincture drops 3–4 times a day before achievement of stable medical effect, to children from 12 years — at the rate of 1 drop for 1 year of life.

Features of use:

Drug contains alcohol! It is necessary to adhere to care at medicine reception because drug influences ability to drive the car and other mechanisms. Sedation develops slowly, for three weeks.

Side effects:

Drug is, as a rule, transferred well, nevertheless at some patients at individual hypersensitivity development of allergic reactions (erubescence, rash, an itch) is possible.

Interaction with other medicines:

Strengthens effects of hypnotic drugs, analgetic and sedatives.

Contraindications:

Motherwort tincture is contraindicated at the expressed hypotension and individual intolerance of components of drug.
 
As alcohol is a part of drug, tincture is not recommended to be applied to women during pregnancy and feeding by a breast and to children up to 12 years.

Overdose:

Development of hypersensitivity to drug is possible.

Storage conditions:

To store in cool (8–15 °C), protected from light and the place, unavailable to children. To preserve drug against direct radiation by light! A period of validity — 4 years.

Issue conditions:

Without recipe

Packaging:

On 25 ml in bottles.