QUIZ ABOUT HERBAL DRUGS FOR NERVOUS SYSTEM SYMPTOMS

Answer the following multiple choice questions according to the monographs of herbal drugs approved as medicines by European Medicine Agency:

1. What is the part used of the medicinal plant valerian?

Full plant
Leaves
Roots
Barks

2. What is the name of the herbal drug from valerian in Italian language?

Kozlíkový kořen
Radice di valeriana
Valerianrot
Raíz de valeriana

3. What is the one and only type of herbal preparation approved using valerian with a well established medical use?

Powdered herbal substance
Liquid extract
Dry extract
Tincture

4: What is the main use of valerian?

Minor sleep disorder and minor stress
Minor sleep disorders only
Minor stress
None of the above

5. What is one of the active principles from valerian?

Valeric aldehyde
Valepotriate
Not known
Luteolin

6: What herbal drug can be combined with valerian with well established use?

Passiflora flower
Hop strobile
Camomile flower
Ginkgo biloba leaves

7.To achieve an optimal treatment effect of valerian you need a continued use over a period of:

2-4 weeks
The very same day
1 week
No answer is correct

8. Saint 's John wort is a well established drug used for:

Headache
Dementia
Sleep disorder
Depression

9. What is the therapeutic indication of ginkgo leaf?

Dementia
Sleep disorder
Depression
Anxiety

10. Species sedative is a traditional herbal tea mixing 3 o 4 herbal drugs from the following list:

Humulus lupulus L., flos, Lavandula angustifolia Mill., flos, Melissa officinalis L., folium; Passiflora incarnata L., herba; Valeriana officinalis L., radix
Humulus lupulus L., folium; Lavandula angustifolia Mill., radix, Melissa officinalis L., folium; Passiflora incarnata L., herba; Valeriana officinalis L., radix
Humulus lupulus L., folium; Lavandula angustifolia Mill., radix, Melissa officinalis L., folium; Passiflora incarnata L., herba; Valeriana officinalis L., folium
Humulus lupulus L., folium; Lavandula angustifolia Mill., radix, Melissa officinalis L., folium; Passiflora incarnata L., flos; Valeriana officinalis L., herba