Vincetoxicum – Swallow-Wort

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh leaves of the plant Vincetoxicum hirundinaria Medik. (syn.: Cyanchum vincetoxium Pers.), which grows wild at the wayside in Europe. N.O. Asclepiadaceae.

The main indications are:

Acute febrile reaction phases. Mononucleosis (glandular fever). Lymphadenitis. Viral diseases.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Vincetoxicum hirundinaria, pub- lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for vincetoxicum: virus infections.