Quercus robur, Oak (bud)

Dosage

Always take between meals (at least 15 minutes)

1-For an acute physiological problem

15 drops twice a day at sunrise and at bedtime.

2-For a physiological problem of medium intensity

10 drops twice a day at sunrise and at bedtime.

3-For prevention or maintenance (without particular pathology)

5 drops twice a day at sunrise and at bedtime.

Precautions for use

There are no contraindications to the use of gemmotherapy but certain precautions:

Avoid the use of gemmotherapy in people with alcohol withdrawal or epilepsy.

Respect the maximum dosage of 5 drops per day of gemmotherapy extract

concentrated in pregnant women.

Do not give buds with a hormonal action (bilberry, raspberry, sequoia, oak) to a pregnant woman or to a woman with a history of hormone-dependent cancer.

In children under 15, respect a dosage of 1 drop per 10 kg of body weight per day.

Advice :

The morning intake is the most important (the oak macerate supports the action of the adrenal glands).

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Main indications

Revitalizing (anti-fatigue, anti-senescence)

Cortex of the adrenal glands, male (testicles) and female (ovaries) gonads

Genital and urinary system

Intestines

I. General ailments:

Allergies, anorexia, asthenia, bulimia, convalescence, malnutrition, overwork, fatigue

II. Oral and mucosal apparatus:

Parondotitis (inflammation, loosening of teeth)

III. Cardiovascular system:

capillary fragility, arterial hypotension, shock, balances blood pressure

IV. Urogenital system:

Sexual asthenia in andropause

Nocturnal enuresis

V. Digestive system

Constipation, antidiarrhetic

VI. endocrine system

Adrenal insufficiency, endocrine stimulant

VII. Lymphatic system

Lymphatism

VIII. Central nervous system

Nervous depression, intellectual overwork, cortisone mimetic

1.2.Indications at the mental level

Life force and peace of mind

Bach flowers: restores strength and hope

1.3 General indications in herbal medicine

Osteo-articular sphere

immune

digestive

genital, urinary drainage

neurovegetative apparatus: sympathomimetic (similar to the 3 physiological sympathomimetic substances, adrenaline, noradrenaline, dopamine)

Botanical

Latin name:

Quecus robur or syn. Quercus pedunculata

robur force   and pedunculata peduncle

Botany:

The genus Quercus includes between 200 and 600 species.

Employee part:

Let's move in the spring

Habitat :

Present almost everywhere in France up to 1300 m, it is much less represented in the South East.

Etymology:

Indo-European perk us (Quercus)

6.History

According to Lemery :

The leaves and bark of the oak are astringent, resolving, suitable for sciatic gout, for rheumatism, being used in hot fomentation; they arrest the courses of the belly and the haemorrhages, being taken in decoction by the mouth.

The oak acorn, called in Latin glans quercina , is also used in Medicine. It must be chosen large, well nourished: the bark is separated from it, and it is gently dried, taking care that the worms do not get into it, because it is subject to it; it is reduced to a subtle powder to use it.

It is astringent clean to soothe windy colic lac & the trenches of newly delivered women, for all belly courses. The dose is from a scruple to a drage.

The cupule or cap of the glans is astringent: it is used in external remedies to strengthen, we could also take it internally like acorn.

Oak galls or false galls, oak apples & oak grapes are excrescences which are the effects of the bite of certain gnats which deposit their eggs there and which produce worms: these excrescences are astringent.

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(PICTURE)

Extract from the Diderot d'Alembert encyclopedia volume II (1752) p.453a authors:

Daubenton, Vandenesse

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Studies and references

About Gemmotherapy

On herbal medicine in general

Diego Morales,

Oak trees (Quercus spp.) as a source of extracts with biological activities: A narrative review,

Trends in Food Science & Technology,

Volume 109,

2021,

Pages 116-125,

ISSN 0924-2244,

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2021.01.029.

(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924224421000285)

Abstract: Background

Oak trees (Quercus spp.) constitute a relevant source of fractions and ingredients that have been tested regarding their biological activities. The high number of species, varieties and materials that can be found through this genus has led to a great diversity of extracts that can be investigated regarding their potential to improve human health status.

Scope and approach

In this review, several biological activities were revised through the scientific literature (antioxidant, immune-modulatory, antiproliferative, hypoglycaemic, hypocholesterolemic, antihypertensive, antimicrobial, etc.) paying attention to bioactive extracts obtained from different oak trees and parts, describing the selected extraction technology, the used experimental model, the published results and their potential impact on human health. Moreover, the related strengths and weaknesses were listed to elucidate the current state of the related scientific evidence.

Key findings and conclusions

In vitro and in vivo analyzes confirmed the potential of oak extracts particularly for antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antitumor and antimicrobial effects. However, some points must be further investigated: additional bioactive molecules and abilities testing, advanced extraction techniques evaluation and more animal studies and clinical trials to validate the mentioned activities when the extracts are included in food matrices.

Keywords: Oak; Quercus; Antioxidant; Antitumor; Immune-modulatory; Antimicrobial