Absinthii tinctura

Wormwood tincture
Instructions for medical use-RU no. LP-001210

Last modified date: 23.08.2013

Dosage form

Tincture

Composition

To prepare 1000 ml of tincture, it is necessary:

Active substance:

Wormwood bitter grass and leaves-200 g.

Auxiliary substance:

Ethanol (ethyl alcohol) 70 % - a sufficient amount to obtain 1000 ml of the drug.

Description of the dosage form

Transparent liquid of brownish-green color, characteristic smell.

Pharmacological Group

A plant-based appetite stimulant.

Pharmacological action

The main active ingredients are arsumin (the sum of lactones) and absintin (individual lactone). Irritating the taste buds of the mucous membranes of the mouth and tongue, this tincture reflexively causes increased secretion of gastric juice, increased appetite, improved digestion. It has anti-inflammatory choleretic and antimicrobial effects.

Indications

Anorexia, hypo - and anacid gastritis, chronic cholecystitis, biliary dyskinesia of the hypomotor type.

Contraindications

Hypersensitivity, increased gastric secretion, hyperacid gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcer, reflux esophagitis, acute cholecystitis, pregnancy, breastfeeding, children under 12 years of age.

With caution:

Liver diseases, alcoholism, traumatic brain injury, brain diseases, children over 12 years of age.

Method of administration and dosage

Inside, 15-20 drops, diluted in ¼ cup of water, 2-3 times a day for 20-30 minutes before meals. The course of treatment is 20-25 days.

Side effects

Allergic reactions are possible. With prolonged use - heartburn, gastralgia, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting.

Overdose

With prolonged use in doses exceeding the recommended ones, there may be: tremor, headache, dizziness, convulsions.

Treatment: symptomatic.

Interaction

Not described.

Special instructions

In the maximum daily dose, the drug contains 0.7 g of absolute alcohol, in the maximum single dose-0.23 g.

During the use of the drug, care should be taken when driving a car and engaging in other potentially dangerous activities that require increased concentration and speed of psychomotor reactions.

Release form

Tincture.

25 ml each in orange glass bottles with a screw neck, capped with plastic stoppers and screw-on lids.

25 ml each in orange glass dropper bottles with a screw neck, capped with dropper stoppers and screw-on lids.

Each bottle or dropper along with the instructions for use is placed in a pack of cardboard.

Storage conditions

In a place protected from light at a temperature of 15 to 25 °C.

Keep out of reach of children.

Expiration date

5 years.

Do not use after the expiration date.

Conditions of vacation from pharmacies

Without a prescription.