Viburnum opulus or Guelder Rose

Today we are making tincture of Viburnum opulus or Guelder Rose.

Constituents of Viburnum opulus include bitter compounds, coumarins, glycoside (viburnin), resin, salicosides (Salicin), tannin, valerianic acid.

Actions of Viburnum opulus include anti-spasmodic, astringent, hypotensive, nervine, sedative, spasmolytic, tonic.

Geum urbanum or Avens herb

Today we are making tincture of Geum urbanum or Avens herb.

Constituents of Geum urbanum include volatile oil, glucoside, Gein, geum-bitter, tannic acid, gum and resin.

Remembered Remedies by Anne Barker

A new book on ethnomedica has been published by Anne Barker MNIMH entitled Remembered Remedies.

The book is available: http://www.birlinn.co.uk/book/details/Remembered-Remedies--9781780270043/

An interview given by Anne Barker to BBC Radio Orkney, during the course of field research, can be found here: http://www.nimh.org.uk/?attachment_id=2553

Commiphora molmol or Myrrh

Today we are making tincture of Commiphora molmol or Myrrh.

Constitutents of Commiphora molmol include volatile oil (m-cresol), eugenol, formic acid, acetic acid, heerabolone); resin (commiphoric acids).

Rosa canina or Rosehip shells

Today we are making tincture of Rosa canina or Rosehip shells.

Constituents of Rosa canina include calcium citrates, citric acid, iron, malates, niacin, phosphorous, Vitamins A, B1, B2, C, E, K and P.

Galium aperine

Today we are making tincture of Galium aperine or Cleavers.

Constitutents of Galium aperine include chlorophyll, starch, galitannic acid, citric acid, rubichloric acid.

Actions of Galium aperine include diuretic, tonic, alterative, aperient.

Artemisia annua or Sweet Wormwood

Today we are making tincture of Artemisia annua or Sweet Wormwood.

Constituents of Artemisia annua include: sesquiterpene lactones (the bitter sesquiterpenlacton-peroxid artemisinin), flavonoids, essential oils.