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This is mistletoe tea, very popular as a herbal treatment across Europe.
Mistletoe contains several complex proteins called Lectins - this represents the molecular structure of one of them.
This page is part of the Mistletoe Pages, which aim to provides helpful information on many aspects of mistletoe includng biology, conservation, control, traditions, harvesting, medicinal usage and traditions in art nouveau.
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Mistletoe Medicine - Advice & Caveats
This website is not a medical site, and cannot recommend or endorse any possible treatments.
If you are interested in learning more about mistletoe in medicine, in whatever form, there are links below to:
More information is due to be added to this section soon, including information on Mistletoe Therapy Centres in the UK.
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But first a few words of advice:
These pages have reviewed the role of the mistletoe Viscum album in medicine - its use in herbal, anthroposophic and conventional medicine have been briefly reviewed.
Other species of mistletoe will have differing properties - the attributes of Viscum album cannot be applied to other mistletoes. This is a particularly important point if you are in North America - as the 'Christmas' mistletoes there have very different properties and can be dangerously toxic. Don't use these for mistletoe tea!
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Mistletoe Tea & other herbal products |
Despite being widely available in continental Europe mistletoe tea is difficult to obtain in the UK and Ireland.
Some wholefood and herbal shops stock the Floradix brand - which is imported from Germany. This can also be bought online - some stockists are outlined below:
Other mistletoe herbal products can also be bought online - again a few examples are listed below. Note that most are sold without making any statement was to what they are for... so treat these with caution.
Important note: If you're buying real mistletoe as a herbal product make sure you know which species it is. Buy from reputable firms with proper labelling - some websites (including some Ebay suppliers) do not specify a species - and so their product could be very unsafe.
Always read the label on medicines, and obtain professional medical advice if in any doubt.
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Mistletoe medicine textbooks |
The book links below open in Amazon UK. Both books are English language accounts of mistletoe in medicine. The first, Iscador - Mistletoe in Cancer Therapy, is written for the non-specialist and describes complementary cancer therapy. The second, Mistletoe - The Genus Viscum, is a much more academic text, covering a wider topic area.
Iscador - Mistletoe in Cancer Therapy |
Mistletoe - The Genus Viscum |
Some links to specific scientific papers will be added here soon. In the meantime a good start - for both the lay reader and the scientist - is to visit the US National Cancer Institute site's mistletoe pages. These give an overview of clinical trials and an independent assessment of current thinking.
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Mistletoe medicine manufacturers |
Links to some of the complementary mistletoe medicines used in cancer therapy are given below. Their websites (mostly German language) provide a wealth of information on mistletoe therapy.
Helixor, based at Rosenfeld, Germany
Iscador, made by Weleda in Switzerland
Abnoba, based in Pforzheim, Germany
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Mistletoe therapy in the UK |
(Updated information due soon)
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