Key notes:
- Rebuilds mucous membranes, especially in gut
- Helps restore normal bowel flora
- Female senescence
- Remineralises, facilitates calcium absorption
Therapeutic actions:
Vaccinium vitis-idaea is a female oriented remedy, recommended at menopause (contains a certain amount of estradiol).
Detoxify & repairs the intestinal mucosa.
Helps restore normal bowel flora.
Female senescence.
Remineralises, facilitates calcium absorption in the colon.
Acts as a remedy of premature aging at different stages of biological decompensation (conjunctival hyalinosis).
Promotes the elimination of uric acid, urea and cholesterol levels.
It is a good urinary drainer - disinfectant.
Plant indicated when hyalinization (descriptive histologic term referring to any alteration giving a homogenous, glassy pink appearance in routine histologic sections - not a specific pathology but the common result of multiple different mechanisms on tissues and organs) of tissues is the major problem.
In summary the macerate of Vaccinium vitis-idaea is a general-purpose remedy, and a polyvalent antiageing remedy recommended for the elderly.
Clinical indications:
Menopause: Hot flushes, antispasmodic, uterine fibroids, ovarian hyalinosis (postmenopausal).
Vascular: Vaccinium vitis-idaea also works on arteries and arterioles, of which it prevents the sclerosis and the degeneration of the wall. Arteriosclerosis of the arteries with wall degeneration.
Hyalinosis: Arterial, conjunctival, viral pericarditis, thyroid adenoma.
Musculoskeletal: Osteoporosis (facilitates the absorption of calcium), evolutive chronic polyarthritis.
Uro-genital: Acts on calcium, oxalate stones, nephritis, prostatic problems, recurring cystitis (effective urinary disinfectant + diuretic action and is useful in recurrent cystitis and as drainer of the bladder).
Digestive: Intestinal disinfectant. Bipolar diphasic action, inert colon stimulant in constipation or sedative and antispasmodic in diarrhea. IBS, colitis, colic, duodenum & peptic ulcers, diverticulosis, pseudomembranous colitis post-antibiotic therapy. Constitutes a remarkable intestinal drainer and disinfectant.
Respiratory: Pulmonary fibrosis, long term complications of pulmonary embolism.
Consider in combination with:
Quercus robur, Rubus idaeus, for menopausal symptoms
Tilia tomentosa, Ficus carica, for colitis
Juglans regia, for post antibiotic rebalance of gut mucosa
Rubus fructicosus, Sequoia gigantea, for osteoporosis (Vaccinium vitis-idaea for women, Sequoia gigantea for men)
Rubus fructicosus, Alnus incana, for uterine fibroids
Clinical experience:
Do not use at the beginning of the treatment in cases of auto-immune diseases, use when the treatment is in the reconstructive phase.
Do not use for disorders associated to elevated estrogen levels (endometriosis/adenomyosis/hormone-dependant cancer).
Pregnant women should avoid taking bud extracts with hormonal action like Quercus robur (Oak), Rubus idaeus (Raspberry), Sequoia gigantea (Giant redwood), Vaccinium vitis-idaea (Cowberry).
HerbalGem gemmo complex that contains Vaccinium vitis-idaea:
G26 FE-GEM (woman 50+ complex)