Plants and their European monographs
- Hibiscus — Hibiscus sabdariffa L., calyx
No European Medicines Agency monograph. - Peppermint — Mentha × piperita L., leaf
European Medicines Agency monograph (EMA/HMPC/572705/2014 Rev. 1): traditional use for digestive disorders such as dyspepsia and flatulence.
From “Before You Begin”
The book’s safety page, quoted as it stands. Read the whole page — it is free.
- Fifteen of the recipes are drunk whenever you like. Make them at whatever frequency suits you, within the limits each chapter gives.
- Hibiscus, Chapters 22 and 25, lowers blood pressure and adds to the effect of medication that does the same.
- Pregnancy. Twenty-six of the twenty-eight recipes here are restricted in pregnancy — most because safety has not been established rather than because harm has been shown, but the answer is the same either way. The two that carry no restriction are the rosehip brew of Chapter 26 and the sea buckthorn of Chapter 28, both of them fruits eaten as food across Europe.
The recipe is in the book
Chapter 25 gives the rest:
- the amounts and the steps
- what each plant does in the cup, and on what basis
- who should not drink it, from what age
- how much, and for how long