VALERIAN TINCTURE

General characteristics. Structure:

Active ingredient: A rhizome valerian with roots - 200 g Ethanol (alcohol) of 70% enough before receiving 1000 ml of the drug Description: transparent liquid of henna-red color of a characteristic fragrant smell. In the course of storage formation of a plaque on walls of bottles is allowed.

Pharmacological properties:

Tinctura Valerianae shows moderately expressed sedation. An effective agent of drug are ester of baras camphor and isovaleric acid, free valerianic acid. Sedation occurs slowly, but is rather stable. Facilitates approach of a dream. Besides, drug has spasmolytic effect on smooth muscles of digestive tract, has cholagogue properties, increases secretion of glands of digestive tract.

Indications to use:

The increased nervous irritability, sleeplessness; as a part of complex therapy – functional frustration of cardiovascular system, to a digestive tract spasm.

Route of administration and doses:

Accept inside, to food, parting in a small amount of water. The adult till 20-30 drops on reception 3-4 times a day, to children – on 1 drop for every year of life. A course of treatment – up to 4 weeks. Repeated courses are possible after approval of the doctor.

Features of use:

At prolonged use in high doses decrease in psychomotor reactions is possible that should be considered during the driving of motor transport and work with moving mechanisms. The maximum single dose of drug for adults contains 0,32 g of absolute alcohol, the maximum daily dose of drug for adults contains 1,3 g of absolute alcohol. One drop of drug contains 0,01 g of absolute alcohol.

Side effects:

Drowsiness, weakness, decrease in working capacity (are possible especially at use in high doses), at prolonged use – a lock. Development of allergic reactions is in some cases possible.

Interaction with other medicines:

Drug strengthens action of the hypnagogues and other medicines oppressing the central nervous system and also spasmolysants.

Contraindications:

Hypersensitivity to drug components, pregnancy, the lactation period, children's age till 1 year. With care – a chronic coloenteritis, liver diseases, alcoholism, a craniocereberal injury, brain diseases.

Storage conditions:

In the place protected from light, at a temperature from 15 to 25 °C. To store in the place, unavailable to children. Period of validity 2 years. Not to use after expiry date.

Issue conditions:

Without recipe

Packaging:

On 25 ml in the bottles of orange glass corked by polyethylene traffic jams and the screwed covers or in the bottles droppers of orange glass corked by traffic jams droppers and the screwed covers. Each bottle or a bottle dropper together with the application instruction place in a pack from a cardboard. On 40 bottles or bottles droppers with the equal number of application instructions place in a box from a cardboard (for hospitals).