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Eleutherococcus extract

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Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Eleutherococcus extract is an effective tonic medicine.

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Indications of the eleutherococcus extract

It is used to eliminate:

  • mental or physical overwork;
  • psychasthenia, as well as neurasthenia;
  • reasons for the suppression of the functional ability of the NS, in which weakened ability to work;
  • vegetoneuroses and postoperative conditions;
  • radiation pathology of acute or chronic type - in combination with other drugs.

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Release form

Release in the form of an extract in flakonchikah volume of 50 ml.

Eleutherococcus rhizomes and roots

The root of Eleutherococcus is used in psychiatry - for the treatment of various pathological conditions - psychogenic, intrusive, traumatic, hypochondriacal and so on. Type. The medicine helps to remove inertia in the development of basic nerve impulses.

The drug is an integral component of therapy, eliminating pathologies in the CCC, atherosclerosis, IOP and hepatocholecystitis with colitis.

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Pharmacodynamics

Eleutherococcus extract is an alcoholic remedy (40% ethanol), which includes the roots and roots of the plant Eleutherococcus spiny. Among the constituent elements of this plant are eleutherosides of types A to G, as well as B1, and besides coumarin derivatives with essential oil, flavonoids and resins, and in addition plant wax with starch and other substances.

The presence of eleutherosides potentiates the ability of drugs to increase mental, as well as physical ability to work, and in addition, resistance to negative external factors. These elements also improve visual acuity, metabolic processes and poorly stimulate hypoglycemic and gonadotropic effects.

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Dosing and administration

Before taking the extract, the bottle with the medicine should be shaken.

The adult dose is 20-30 drops once a day (orally). The extract must be diluted with water and taken before meals (20-30 minutes), preferably up to 3 hours a day.

The duration of the course is usually about 25-30 days.

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Use of the eleutherococcus extract during pregnancy

Use the extract during pregnancy is prohibited.

Contraindications

Among the contraindications:

  • elevated blood pressure;
  • increased excitability;
  • seizures of epilepsy;
  • heart rhythm disorder;
  • acute forms of pathologies of infectious type;
  • a condition of a fever;
  • lactation period;
  • children's age is less than 12 years.

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Side effects of the eleutherococcus extract

Taking medication can cause the appearance of such adverse reactions: anxiety, irritability, worsening of working capacity, insomnia, increased blood pressure, and disorders in the gastrointestinal tract.

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Overdose

As a result of an overdose, there are disorders of the function of the digestive tract, as well as problems with sleep and impaired ability to work.

When these symptoms appear, you must immediately stop taking the drug and perform symptomatic treatment.

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Interactions with other drugs

Eleutherococcal agents potentiate the effects of stimulants, as well as analeptics (such as camphor with caffeine, and in addition, phenamine, etc.), and in addition act as physiological antagonists of the hypnotic effects of drugs that suppress the work of the central nervous system (this includes tranquilizers with barbiturates, and also anticonvulsants and so on).

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Storage conditions

Keep the extract in a place inaccessible to children. Temperature values are within 25 ° C.

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Shelf life

Eleutherococcus extract can be used in the 4 years since the manufacture of the drug.

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Attention!

To simplify the perception of information, this instruction for use of the drug "Eleutherococcus extract" translated and presented in a special form on the basis of the official instructions for medical use of the drug. Before use read the annotation that came directly to medicines.

Description provided for informational purposes and is not a guide to self-healing. The need for this drug, the purpose of the treatment regimen, methods and dose of the drug is determined solely by the attending physician. Self-medication is dangerous for your health.

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