title: [The sedative effect of the Kneipp hay sack and balneological preparations of hay (author's transl)].
abstract: A chromatographic analysis of the hay charge used for balneological and thermotherapy which contains coumarin, the hydroxycoumarins umbelliferone and esculin and also the furanocoumarin imperatorin. The sedative effect of the hay can be explained by the coumarin and the imperatorin; the absorption site is to be found in the respiratory tract.
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D003374:Coumarins / Q000032:analysis; D004929:Esculin / Q000032:analysis; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000032:analysis*; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000032:analysis*; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000032:analysis; D006109:Poaceae / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D003374:Coumarins; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D010936:Plant Extracts; D004929:Esculin
vernacular_title: Zur sedativen Wirkung des Kneippschen Heupacks und balneologischer Heupräparate