is mistletoe used by pharmaceutical industry? for what purpose pls?
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The leaves and young twigs of Mistletoe are the parts used by herbalists, and it is popular in Europe, especially in Germany, for treating circulatory and respiratory system problems as well as for tumors, even malignant ones.Mistletoe contains mucilage, sugar, a fixed oil, resin, an odorous principle, some tannin and various salts. The active part of the plant is the resin, Viscin, which by fermentation becomes a yellowish, sticky, resinous mass, which can be used with success as a birdlime. The preparations ordinarily used are a fluid extract and the powdered leaves. A homoeopathic tincture is prepared with spirit from equal quantities of the leaves and ripe berries, but is difficult of manufacture, owing to the viscidity of the sap.It is Nervine, antispasmodic, tonic and narcotic. Has a greatreputation for curing the 'falling sickness' epilepsy - and other convulsive nervous disorders. It has also been employed in checking internal haemorrhage. The physiological effect of the plant is to lessen and temporarily benumb such nervous action as is reflected to distant organs of the body from some central organ which is the actual seat of trouble. In this way the spasms of epilepsy and of other convulsive distempers are allayed. Large doses of the plant, or of its berries, would, on the contrary, aggravate these convulsive disorders. Young children have been attacked with convulsions after eating freely of the berries.Mistletoe as a specific in epilepsy, and useful in apoplexy and giddiness.The tincture has been recommended as a heart tonic in typhoid fever in place of Foxglove. It lessens reflex irritability and strengthens the heart's beat, whilst raising the frequency of a slow pulse. Mistletoe is also given, combined with Valerian Root and Vervain, for all kinds of nervous complaints, cayenne pods being added in cases of debility of the digestive organs.The birdlime of the berries is also employed by them as an application to ulcers and sores.
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not used as herbal med that i know of nor can find in any of my natural medicines books or software \ni've been doing herbal meds for about 15 years and never heard of it as a med
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It's used to treat ringworm fungus of the skin/scalp.\n(Usually contracted from animals).
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can not find as such. but the pau darco tree might be called that by some, it can be used to treat cancer. plus it has many other uses
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hot plants.com  \nHopefully you are taking the For Her version.  I would say it is probably useless other then the psycological effect.  Not harefull though.  Royal jelly is just fancy honey but ginsing is a usefull root and supliment.  \nWhat are you looking to do?
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there are several. natural sugars, wood filler( same as used to make toilet paper), even cotton seed hulls are used and there are more. if a pill was made to have only the needed ingredient, some would be no larger than the head of a straight pin.
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Chemists do a variety of jobs for industry.  Most use electronic instruments far more than the traditional test tubes and beakers.\n\nThey do analyses of materials.  For the pharmaceutical industry, this may be to confirm the purity of the drug they are manufacturing.  There may be residual materials from the beginning reagents used to make the drug, or the a different compound may have formed than the one needed.  Both could be very bad if you were the patient taking the drug.\n\nOf course some chemists (synthetic chemists) figured out the reactions needed to make that drug to begin with.\n\nEven the coffee industry uses analytical chemists to establish the quality of coffee beans being sold (See link below for an interesting article)\n\nFor the steel industry, they can confirm the content of materials in the steel.  The addition of trace amounts of carbon (C) or sulfur (S) can have dramatic effects on steel's hardness or strength.  This is vitally important for construction and manufacturing.\n\nOther chemists may be working with catalysts...those are materials and/or systems that improve the reactions needed to make materials.  You may want to form gasoline from heavier hydrocarbons...or lighter hydrocarbons.  It doesn't make much sense to use alot of energy to do this, since you want the gasoline for energy.  So, catalysts can improve the production in such circumstances, reducing the cost, in dollars, time and energy.\n\nThese are just a few examples of chemists in industry.
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Pretty much none. The commercial products are all some kind of stimulant with the usal potential for anxiety, tremor, insomnia, etc. The non- stimulant products don't usually work.
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I tried to do a quick search, but couldn't find anything. I suggest you try asking your pharmacist or doctor. They would probably know. Sorry I wasn't much help.
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I think so, There is a product called Muracid that is for evergreens.
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first, this world isn't all bad.  the FDA doesn't even regulate herbals, so how can they suppress them?  they should regulate them though since there are many non-reputable herbal companies that put out inneffective products, or their product has such variable potency you don't even know what you are getting.  there are good companies out there though.  i think some herbals are good, some are bad.  always be aware of drug interactions though, a popular herbal St. Johns wort is used commonly for depression, but it renders some medications useless (like statins for cholesterol like lipitor and zocor) and it can block the metabolism of other medications, so your body gets more than it needs.  always talk with a doctor and pharmacist before you start anything.  and any substance that you put into your body that is not there to begin with is called a "drug".  In other words, just because it is herbal doesn't mean it is good for you.
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Don't know of any direct uses or uses in syhtheses of other compounds. There has been some work done with it as a catalyst for reactions with alcohols to yield hydrogen, but I don't know how far these got.
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Your question confuses me.  It is made in a pharmacutical factory.
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Department of Drug Technology and Social Pharmacy, Kaunas University of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania.\n\nThe article deals with the production of the extract of Echinacea purpurea herbs when selecting an extractant concentration, the size of particles in a raw material and the method of extraction. Using 60% (v/v) ethanol for production of the immune system enhancing extract, the extract becomes green due to pigmental substances; therefore, 60% (v/v), 70% (v/v), and 96% (v/v) ethanol was not used for extraction. It is recommended to use 50% (v/v) ethanol for extraction. Using 40% (v/v) ethanol not all active substances are extracted and resistance of the extract to microbial contamination is weaker. It was determined that the method of repercolation should be used to yield the largest amount of active substances. The largest amount of active substances in the immune system enhancing extract was obtained when the flow speed of extract was 0.2 ml/min. The quality of extract was tested within the period of 26 months by the monitoring of following parameters: appearance of the extract, refraction index, relative density, ethanol concentration, the amounts of dry residue and chicoric acid. The analysis was carried out every three months. The samples of the extract remained stable during storage: no alterations of color, smell or taste were observed. Some of the samples had deposits, which is quite natural in the production of drugs from herbal material, as they have no influence on the quality of the drug (the amounts of active substances were found to be within acceptable limits). On the basis of the obtained results, the period of expiry of the immune system enhancing tincture was confirmed to be 2 years.
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Any number of bio-chemicals which have only been analyzed from minute amounts but which would make great impact if they could be mass-produced as medicine.\n\nMonocrystalline high temperature (as in liquid N2) supra-conductor cables. Theoratically possible, in practice not quite yet achieved.\n\nElongated buckminster fullerene carbon cable. Again, only found in minimal experimental size yet, such a substance could open space for industrial use.
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Mistletoe.\n\nThat's why.\n\nThe green and the red from the mistletoe.
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Mary's Magic\nMouthwash, which is a compound made by the pharmacist containing benedryl,\nan antiseptic, an antibiotic, and pain reliever.