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Women’s Formula™

Women’s Formula™ — (tonic) — A proprietary formula women love, and every woman should have in her medicine cabinet. It is specifically designed to relieve PMS symptoms fast. The botanicals in this blend are analgesic and anti-inflammatory — known to reduce pain, ovarian inflammation, and muscle tension. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,11,12,13 It is a central nervous system depressant and sedative, helping to relieve anxiety and improve mood. 5,6,9,10, It also has antitumoruous and anticancerous properties. 9,12,13

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Suggested Use: Liquids: Use 15-20 drops mixed with water two to three times daily or as recommended by a practitioner.

Cautions: Contains Abuta which may potentiate medications used to treat hypertension. Contains raspberry which should not be used in the early stages of pregnancy. Contains Vassourinha which may have hypoglycemic effects. Use under care/advice of a medical practitioner. Not intended for long term therapy.

Contraindications:Do not take during pregnancy. Use with caution in combination with barbiturates and antidepressants.

Ingredients: Amor Rico (Desmodium adscendens), Cramp Bark (Viburnum opulus), Vassourinha (Scoparia dulcis), Abuta (Cissampelos pareira), Tayuya (Cayaponia tayuya), Raspberry Leaf (Rubus idaeus), Chu Chu Huasi (Maytenus macrocarpa). Extracted in distilled water and 40% organic grain alcohol.

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Amor Rico ~ Desmodium adscendens	Used as an anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, muscle relaxant and uterine relaxant. Also used as an anti-anaphylactic (stops allergic reactions), anti-asthmatic, anticonvulsant, antihistamine, bronchodilator and potassium maxi-k inhibitor.*
Vassourinha ~ Scoparia dulcis	Used as an analgesic (pain reliever), anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, central nervous system depressant and sedative. Also used as an antibacterial, is anticancerous, antifungal, antileukemic, antitumorous, antiviral, cardiotonic, diuretic, hypoglycemic, and hypotensive.*
Abuta ~ Cissampelos pareira	Used as an anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, muscle relaxant and uterine relaxant. Also used as an antibacterial, antihistamine, antioxidant, diuretic, and hypotensive.*
Tayuya ~ Cayaponia tayuya	Used as an analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant.*
Chu Chu Huasi ~ Maytenus macrocarpa	Used as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory. Also used as an aldose reductase inhibitor (linked to diabetic complications), anticancerous, antioxidant, antitumorous, immune stimulant, and protein kinase C inhibitor (linked to inflammation process.)*
Raspberry leaf ~ Rubus idaeus	Used as a uterine relaxant, for anxiety, pain and inflammation.*
Cramp Bark ~ Viburnum opulus	Used as a muscle relaxant — relieves menstrual pain caused by cramping in the uterus.*

Amor Rico ~ Desmodium adscendens

Cramp Bark ~ Viburnum opulus

2. Cramp Bark
The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants Chevallier. A.,Dorling Kindersley. London 1996 ISBN 9-780751-303148

Vassourinha ~ Scoparia dulcis

3. Analgesic activity of a triterpene isolated from Scoparia dulcis L. (Vassourinha).
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 1991;86 Suppl 2:149-51.
PMID: 1841990 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Abuta ~ Cissampelos pareira

Tayuya ~ Cayaponia tayuya

9. Effect of stress and the adaptogen cucurbitacin R diglycoside on arachidonic acid metabolism [Article in Russian]
Panosian AG, Dadaian MA, Gevorkian GA.
PMID: 2497457 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Raspberry Leaf ~ Rubus idaeus

Chu Chu Huasi ~ Maytenus macrocarpa

12. Pharmacological activity of South American plants: effects on spontaneous in vivo lipid peroxidation.
Desmarchelier CJ, de Moraes Barros SB.
PMID: 12557253 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Amor Rico ~ Desmodium adscendens

1. Effect of butanolic fraction of Desmodium adscendens on the anococcygeus of the rat.
Barreto GS.
Department of Basic Health Sciences, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Av. Fernando Correa Costa, s/n, CEP 78060-900, Coxipo, Cuiaba, MT, Brazil. genesson@cpd.ufmt.br Braz J Biol. 2002 May;62(2):223-30.
Epub 2002 Aug 26
The chemical composition of plants can vary according to factors such as soil and time of collection. Desmodium adscendens (Sw.) D.C. var. adscendens (Papillionaceae) is a plant employed in the treatment of asthma in Ghana, Africa. Studies have shown that butanolic extract inhibits contraction of the ileum and trachea in guinea pigs. In Mato Grosso, this plant is used only in the treatment of ovarian inflammation. The objective of this work was to verify if the plant found in Mato Grosso also relaxes smooth muscle and to understand better its action. The cumulative application of the butanolic fraction relaxed the contraction maintained in the isolated anococcygeus of a rat, induced by high potassium, but not that induced by phenylephrine. Relaxation was not altered by methylene blue. The butanolic fraction reduced in a concentration-dependent way the maximum response of concentration-response curve to calcium in the anococcygeus muscle. The results suggest that the butanolic fraction acts, at least partly, through the blockade of voltage-sensitive Ca+2 channels.
PMID: 12489394 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Cramp Bark ~ Viburnum opulus

2. Cramp Bark
The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants Chevallier. A.,Dorling Kindersley. London 1996 ISBN 9-780751-303148
Used as a muscle relaxant, it is effective at relieving any over-tense muscle, whether smooth muscle in the intestines, airways, or uterus, orstriated muscle in the limbs or back. It may be taken internally or topically to relieve muscle tension. Also treat symptoms arising from excess muscle tension, including breathing difficulties in asthma and menstrual pain caused by excessive contraction of the uterus.

Vassourinha ~ Scoparia dulcis

3. Analgesic activity of a triterpene isolated from Scoparia dulcis L. (Vassourinha).
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 1991;86 Suppl 2:149-51.
Freire SM, Torres LM, Roque NF, Souccar C, Lapa AJ.Departamento de Fisiologia, UFMA, Sao Luis, Brasil.Analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of water (WE) and ethanolic (EE) extracts of Scoparia dulcis L. were investigated in rats and mice, and compared to the effects induced by Glutinol, a triterpene isolated by purification of EE. Oral administration (p.o.) of either WE or EE (up to 2 g/kg) did not alter the normal spontaneous activity of mice and rats. The sleeping time induced by sodium pentobarbital (50 mg/kg, i.p.) was prolonged by 2 fold in mice pretreated with 0.5 g/kg EE, p.o. Neither extract altered the tail flick response of mice in immersion test, but previous administration of EE (0.5 g/kg, p.o.) reduced writhings induced by 0.8% acetic acid (0.1 ml/10 g, i.p.) in mice by 47%. EE (0.5 and 1 g/kg, p.o.) inhibited the paw edema induced by carrageenan in rats by respectively 46% and 58% after 2 h, being ineffective on the paw edema induced by dextran. No significant analgesic or anti-edema effects were detected in animals pretreated with WE (1 g/kg, p.o.). Administration of Glutinol (30 mg/kg, p.o.) reduced writhing induced by acetic acid in mice by 40% and the carrageenan induced paw edema in rats by 73%. The results indicate that the analgesic activity of S. dulcis L. may be explained by an anti-inflammatory activity probably related to the triterpene Glutinol.
PMID: 1841990 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

4. Analgesic, diuretic, and anti-inflammatory principle from Scoparia dulcis.
Ahmed M, Shikha HA, Sadhu SK, Rahman MT, Datta BK.Department of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh. mua@du.bangla.netScoparinol,
A diterpene, isolated from Scoparia dulcis showed significant analgesic (p < 0.001) and anti-inflammatory activity (p < 0.01) in animals. A sedative action of scoparinol was demonstrated by a marked potentiation of pentobarbital-induced sedation with a significant effect on both onset and duration of sleep (p < 0.05). Measurement of urine volume after administration of scoparinol indicated its significant diuretic action.
PMID: 11534346 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

5. Sympathomimetic effects of Scoparia dulcis L. and catecholamines isolated from plant extracts.
Freire SM, Torres LM, Souccar C, Lapa AJ.Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina,
Department of Pharmacology, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. J Pharm Pharmacol. 1996 Jun;48(6):624-8.
The herb Scoparia dulcis L. is used in Brazilian folk medicine to treat bronchitis, gastric disorders, haemorrhoids, insect bites and skin wounds, and in oriental medicine to treat hypertension. A previous study has shown that extracts of S. dulcis have analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties; in this work the sympathomimetic activity of an ethanolic extract of Scoparia dulcis L. has been investigated in rodent preparations in-vivo and in-vitro. Administration of the extract (0.5-2 mg kg-1, i.v.) to anaesthetized rats produced dose-related hypertension blocked by the alpha-adrenoceptor antagonist prazosin (1 mg kg-1). Partition of the extract in chloroform-water yielded an aqueous phase 20 times more potent than the extract; this produced hypertension in either reserpine-treated or pithed rats. In untreated and reserpine-treated rats the same fraction (1-3 x 10(3) micrograms mL-1) produced concentration-dependent contractions of the vas deferens musculature parallel to those obtained with noradrenaline (10(-8)-10(-4)M). Prazosin (10(-7)M) reduced the maximum contractile effect of the aqueous fraction, and shifted the concentration-response curves for noradrenaline to the right. The aqueous fraction (25 and 50 micrograms mL-1) increased the inotropism of electrically driven left atria of rats, the effect being blocked by propranolol (0.4 microgram mL-1). In preparations of guinea-pig tracheal rings the aqueous fraction (1-3 x 10(3) micrograms mL-1) relaxed the muscle contraction induced by histamine (10(-4) M) in proportion to the concentration. The effect was antagonized competitively by propranolol (1.5 microM). High-performance liquid-chromatographic analysis of the aqueous fraction revealed the presence of both noradrenaline and adrenaline in the plant extract. The results indicated that both catecholamines may account for the hypertensive and inotropic effects obtained after parenteral administration of S. dulcis extracts. This sympathomimetic activity is, however, unrelated to the previously reported analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties of the plant extract, but may explain its effectiveness upon topical application in the healing of mucosal and skin wounds.
PMID: 8832498 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Abuta ~ Cissampelos pareira

6. Antinociceptive and antiarthritic activity of Cissampelos pareira roots.
Amresh G, Singh PN, Rao CV.
Pharmacognosy and Ethnopharmacology Division, National Botanical Research Institute (Council of Scientific
and Industrial Research), Rana Pratap Marg, P.O. Box No. 436, Lucknow 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India. J
Ethnopharmacol. 2006 Dec 28; [Epub ahead of print]
In the present study, 50% aqueous ethanolic extract of Cissampelos pareira (Menispermaceae) roots (C. pareira) at the dose levels of 100-400mg/kg, once daily for 3 days exhibited significant (P<0.001) resistance against mechanical pain after 30min in analgesymeter induced pain in mice. In acetic acid (0.6%; i.p.) inducing writhing, Cissampelos pareira significantly (P<0.05) decreased the writhing episodes; the degree of percent protection at 200 and 400mg/kg was 22.73 and 51.63. The hot plate reaction time was increased by 2.07 (P<0.05) and 2.70 (P<0.001) folds. respectively. Further Cissampelos pareira showed the dose dependent significant protective effect against complete Freund’s adjuvant induced arthritis. The percentage protection on the 18th day was 40.54 (P<0.01) and 71.52 (P<0.001) at 200 and 400mg/kg respectively. Lysosomal enzymes (acid phosphatase and N-acetyl glucosaminidase) were decreased by 50% (P<0.01) and 26.26% (P<0.05) by using Cissampelos pareira, dextramethasone decreased them 56.56% (P<0.01) and 31.82% (P<0.01) and the glycoprotein contents (total hexose and sialic acid) were increased by 1.55-folds (P<0.01) and 1.51-folds (P<0.05) by using Cissampelos pareira while dextramethasone increases them by 1.51-folds (P<0.001) and 1.60-folds (P<0.01) respectively in stomach homogenate with respect to arthritic group. The increased pain threshold and protective effect against CFE by Cissampelos pareira vindicated its medicinal value in treatment of pain and arthritis.
PMID: 17240096 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

7. Evaluation of anti-inflammatory activity of Cissampelos pareira root in rats.
Amresh G, Reddy GD, Rao ChV, Singh PN.
Pharmacognosy and Ethnopharmacology Division, National Botanical Research Institute, Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India. J Ethnopharmacol. 2007 Apr
4;110(3):526-31. Epub 2006 Oct 19.
In the present study, 50% ethanolic extract of Cissampelos pareira roots (CPE) in acute, subacute and chronic models of inflammation was assessed in rats. Per os (p.o.) administration of CPE (200, 400mg/kg) exhibited significant anti-inflammatory activity. In acute inflammation as produced by carrageenin 59.55% and 64.04%, by histamine 15.38% and 30.77%, by 5-hydroxytryptamine 17.78% and 31.11% and by prostaglandin E(2)-induced hind paw edema 19.23% and 30.77% protection was observed. While in subacute anti-inflammatory models using formaldehyde-induced hind paw edema (after 1.5h) 38.36% and 47.95% and in chronic anti-inflammatory model using cotton pellet granuloma 15.02% and 19.19% protection from inflammation was observed. CPE did not show any sign of toxicity and mortality up to a dose level of 1000mg/kg, p.o. in rats. Both acute as well as chronic administration of CPE (100, 200 and 400mg/kg, p.o.) did not produce any gastric lesion in rats. These data indicate that CPE possesses significant anti-inflammatory activity without ulcerogenic activity suggesting its potential as an anti-inflammatory agent for use in the treatment of various inflammatory diseases.
PMID: 17097249 [PubMed - in process]

Tayuya ~ Cayaponia tayuya

8. Anti-inflammatory activity of two cucurbitacins isolated from Cayaponia tayuya roots
Recio MC, Prieto M, Bonucelli M, Orsi C, Manez S, Giner RM, Cerda-Nicolas M, Rios JL.
Departament de Farmacologia, Facultat de Farmacia, Universitat de Valencia, Burjassot, Spain. Planta Med. 2004 May;70(5):414-20.
Fractionation of an anti-inflammatory extract from Cayaponia tayuya roots yielded two active compounds, identified as 23,24-dihydrocucurbitacin B (1) and cucurbitacin R (2). Both were evaluated for their anti-inflammatory activity on several experimental models of pain and inflammation. In addition, their cytotoxicity and effects on leukotriene B4 (LTB4) formation were evaluated in rat polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Both compounds showed activity in the following models: carrageenan-induced mouse paw oedema (1, 4 mg/kg p.o., 46% inhibition at 3 h), phospholipase A2-induced mouse paw oedema (2, 3 mg/kg i.p., 61% inhibition at 60 min), serotonin-induced mouse paw oedema (1 and 2, 0.5 mg/kg s.c., 73% and 79% inhibition, respectively), 12- O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA)-induced acute ear oedema (2, 36% inhibition at 4 mg/kg p.o., and 87% inhibition at 0.1 mg/ear topically). The compounds were also active against the inflammation induced by repeated application of TPA on mouse ears, affecting both the oedema itself (1 and 2 at 0.1 mg/ear, 44% and 56% inhibition, respectively) as well as cell infiltration (68% and 69%, respectively). The activity of both compounds against oedema induced by serotonin was not modified by the glucocorticoid receptor antagonist mifepristone; however, the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide abolished the anti-inflammatory response in both cases. Neither compound modified the production of LTB4 in rat polymorphonuclear leukocytes, nor did they exhibit analgesic properties at the dose assayed.
PMID: 15124085 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

9. Effect of stress and the adaptogen cucurbitacin R diglycoside on arachidonic acid metabolism [Article in Russian]
Panosian AG, Dadaian MA, Gevorkian GA.
Rat leukocytic lipoxygenase activity is decreased in stress. The production of 12-hydroxy-5z, 8z, 10E-heptadecatrienic acid (12-HHT) (the product of cyclooxygenase metabolism of arachidonic acid-AA) is increased. Cucurbitacin R diglucoside (CRD), an adaptogen, raising working capacity and corticosteroid secretion, produces a similar effect on leukocytes. Preliminary injection of CRD to animals prevents changes caused by stress, which indicates a CRD adaptogenic effect on the body.
PMID: 2497457 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Raspberry Leaf ~ Rubus idaeus

10. Therapeutic constituents and actions of Rubus species.
Patel AV, Rojas-Vera J, Dacke CG.
School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 2DT, UK. asmita
sautreau@port.ac.uk. Curr Med Chem. 2004 Jun;11(11):1501-12
Rubus species (family Rosaceae) have been cultivated for centuries for their fruits. These and other parts of the plants have been used traditionally for therapeutic purposes. This article highlights these and the potential they can offer. The constituents reported in the various species and those demonstrated to exhibit pharmacological properties have been reviewed. In the search for biologically active compounds, one of the most frequently documented species of the genus is the raspberry plant R. idaeus, the leaves of which have been used traditionally as a uterine relaxant and stimulant during confinement, for the treatment of diarrhoea and similar enteric disorders and as an astringent. Investigations of other Rubus species have been conducted in the last twenty-five years, and have shown possible application for a wide range of indications, including bacterial infections, anxiety, pain and inflammation.
PMID: 15180580 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

11. Relaxant activity of raspberry (Rubus idaeus) leaf extract in guinea-pig ileum in vitro.
Rojas-Vera J, Patel AV, Dacke CG.
School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 2DT, UK. Phytother Res.
2002 Nov;16(7):665-8.
Tea made from the leaves of Rubus idaeus L. (raspberry) has been used for centuries as a folk medicine to treat wounds, diarrhoea, colic pain and as a uterine relaxant. Extracts of dried raspberry leaves prepared with different solvents, (n-hexane, ethyl acetate, chloroform and methanol) were tested in vitro for relaxant activity on transmurally stimulated guinea-pig ileum. The methanol (MeOH) extract exhibited the largest response and also indicated that the active compounds are of a relatively polar nature. Hence the bulk of the leaves were extracted with methanol and the dried extract fractionated on a silica gel column, eluting with chloroform, mixtures of chloroform and methanol and finally methanol. Each fraction was examined by thin layer chromatography and tested for relaxant activity in an in vitro transmurally stimulated guinea-pig ileum preparation. The fractions eluted with chloroform (CHCl(3)) lacked relaxant activity. Samples eluted with CHCl(3)/MeOH (95:5) had moderate relaxant activity, while a second distinctive peak of activity eluted with a more polar solvent mixture (CHCl(3)/MeOH 50:50) provided strong dose dependent responses. Evidence was obtained that there are at least two components of raspberry leaf extract which exhibit relaxant activity in an in vitro gastrointestinal preparation. Copyright 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
PMID: 12410549 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Chu Chu Huasi~ ‘Maytenus macrocarpa

12. Pharmacological activity of South American plants: effects on spontaneous in vivo lipid peroxidation.
Desmarchelier CJ, de Moraes Barros SB.
Instituto de Quimica y Metabolismo del Farmaco (IQUIMEFA-CONICET), Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquimica,
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Junin 956 (1113), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The in vivo protective effects of methanol extracts of eight South American medicinal plants traditionally used as antiinflammatory were determined by means of spontaneous lipid peroxidation of liver tissue in rats. The production of TBARS was reduced in a dose dependent manner for A. macrocarpa (IC50 = 132 mg/kg), A. urundeuva (IC50 = 176 mg/kg), C. reticulata (IC50 = 561mg/kg) and S. obtusifolium (IC50 = 918 mg/kg). The extracts of P. peltata and U. tomentosa were only effective at a high concentration (300 mg/kg), although these values were not significant. The lyophilized latex of C. lechleri decreased the production of TBARS at a 200 mg/kg dose, although pro-oxidant effects were observed at lower doses (50 mg/kg). The extract of H. pallida was pro-oxidant at lower concentrations (50 mg/kg). Copyright 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
PMID: 12557253 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

13. Friedelane triterpenoids from Maytenus macrocarpa.
Chavez H, Estevez-Braun A, Ravelo AG, Gonzalez AG.
Instituto Universitario de Bio-Organica, Antonio Gonzalez, Universidad de Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Island, Spain.
A set of friedelane triterpenoids has been isolated from the stem bark exudates of Maytenus macrocarpa. It includes a new friedelan triterpene (1), together with the known compounds friedelin, 3-oxo-29-hydroxyfriedelane, 3-oxofriedelan-25-al, and canophyllol. The structures of these compounds were elucidated by spectroscopic and chemical evidence. Complete 1H and 13C assignments were achieved by 2D NMR spectroscopy. The new compound showed weak activity against aldose reductase. It did not display antitumor activity against P-388 lymphoid neoplasm, A-549 human lung carcinoma, HT-29 human colon carcinoma, or MEL-28 human melanoma cell lines.
PMID: 9461656 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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