Meadowsweet Herb, Cut & Sifted (Filipendula ulmaria) 1 lb: K

This is Frontier's nitrogen-flushed double wall silverfoil pack. Some Frontier packs are double wall wax-lined paper. Used as an infusion, decoction, extract and tincture. Meadowsweet contains salicylates (salicin, salicylaldehyde, methyl salicylate), which, in the digestive tract, are oxidized into salicylic acid, the basis of aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid). Meadowsweet's salicylates have a mild anti-inflammatory and fever-reducing effect, making it a safe and gentle cold and flu treatment, suitable for children. The German Standard License for Meadowsweet tea indicates its use for feverish common colds for which a sweat treatment is desired and also to increase the amount of urine. In France, it is used for fever and influenza. Meadowsweet has a soothing effect on the lining of the stomach. The British Herbal Compendium indicates its use for atonic and acid dyspepsia, gastritis, peptic ulceration, and rheumatic and arthritic pains. For these purposes it is often combined with Marshmallow and Chamomile. The 1997 Commission E on Phytotherapy and Herbal Substances of the German Federal Institute for Drugs recommends Meadowsweet as 'supportive therapy for colds.' 'Contraindications: Meadowsweet flowers contain salicylate. They should not be used where a salicylate sensitivity exists.' 'Dosage and Administration: 2.5"“3.5 g per day of cut meadowsweet flower or 4"“5 g per day of cut meadowsweet herb, and other galenical preparations for infusions; a cup of the infusion drunk as hot as tolerable several times daily. Infusion: Steep 2"“3 g in 150 ml boiled water for about 10 minutes. Fluidextract 1:1 (g/ml): 2"“3 ml.' Grieve's classic 'A Modern Herbal': 'Aromatic, astringent, diuretic, and sub-tonic. It is a valuable medicine in diarrhoea, imparting to the bowels some degree of nourishment, as well as of astringency. It is also considered of some service as a corrector of the stomach, and not without some power as an alterative, and is frequently used in affections of the blood. It is a good remedy in strangury, dropsy, etc., and almost a specific in children's diarrhoea.' 'An infusion of 1 oz. of the dried herb to a pint of water is the usual mode of administration, in wineglassful doses. Sweetened with honey, it forms a very pleasant diet-drink, or beverage both for invalids and ordinary use.' 'An infusion of the fresh tops produces perspiration, and a decoction of the root, in white wine, was formerly considered a specific in fevers.' 'Meadowsweet is visited by bees for the pollen.' 'Dosage: Fluid extract, ½ to 1 drachm.' http://www.nutraceuticalalliance.com/hl18.htm: (cited references on the website) In 1839, a German chemist found that the small, fragrant flowers contained salicin, an anti-inflammatory compound that was isolated from willow just 11 years earlier. By 1853, the Germans had slightly modified the compound and manufactured acetylsalicylic acid. They took the "˜a"™ from the acetyl group t