Plants and their European monographs
- Blackcurrant — Ribes nigrum L., leaf
European Medicines Agency monograph (EMA/HMPC/745353/2016): traditional use for minor joint pain and for increasing urine volume in minor urinary complaints. - Sage — Salvia officinalis L., leaf
European Medicines Agency monograph (EMA/HMPC/277152/2015 Rev. 1): traditional use for mild dyspeptic complaints such as heartburn and bloating, for excessive sweating, for inflammation of the mouth and throat, and for minor inflammation of the skin. - Thyme — Thymus vulgaris L. or Thymus zygis L., herb
European Medicines Agency monograph (EMA/HMPC/342332/2013): traditional use for productive cough associated with a cold.
From “Before You Begin”
The book’s safety page, quoted as it stands. Read the whole page — it is free.
- Six recipes are for the cold season and for feeling unwell. They are drunk for a few days and then stopped.
- 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 16 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