Ingredients:
Apple, cinnamon bark, mint leaf, chicory root, lemongrass.
Properties of individual ingredients:
Cinnamon:
The properties of cinnamon were known in antiquity. It strengthens, warms up and stimulates the digestive system, stimulates the secretion of gastric juice and intestinal motor activity, has carminative and diaphoretic effects and lowers blood sugar levels. It is used in colds, rheumatism, lack of appetite, indigestion and chronic diarrhea.
Mint:
Mint stimulates the secretory functions of the stomach and liver, increases the amount of gastric juice and bile, facilitates digestion and assimilation of food, removes nausea, also related to motion sickness, and prevents vomiting. It has a diastolic effect and reduces the tension of smooth muscles of the bile ducts, intestines and urinary tract, prevents bile stasis in the gallbladder, enables proper movement of intestinal contents and the escape of gases, has a carminative and analgesic effect. It has a strong antibacterial effect in the bile ducts and intestines, destroys antibiotic-resistant bacteria and has a mild calming and diaphoretic effect.
Mint infusions are used in various ailments of the gastrointestinal tract, in gastroenteritis, in acidosis, in digestive disorders manifested by anorexia, vomiting, nausea, flatulence, abdominal pain, poor digestion of fats, abnormal fermentation in the intestines, intestinal colic, intestinal cramps, diarrhea, constipation, and weakened pancreatic function. It is also used in vegetative neuroses, migraine headaches, motion sickness and as a sedative.
Externally, mint is used to rinse the mouth and throat, and for compresses to cool in arthritis in rheumatism and in neuralgia.
Mint can reduce milk secretion, so it is used with caution in nursing mothers. It is not used in infants, and it can be given to children for the longest period of a week.
Chicory root
Chicory root stimulates the secretory functions of the stomach and liver, has antibacterial and weak diuretic properties. It is used in digestive difficulties, lack of appetite, excessive fermentation, deficiency of hydrochloric acid and pepsin in the stomach, general emaciation and weakness caused by disturbances in nutrient absorption, and damage to the liver by toxic substances.