An absorbent personal care device, such as an interlabial pad, tampon, sanitary pad or liner, or incontinence product adapted to deliver a therapeutic agent to the vaginal epithelium for systemic and topical treatment, the tampon including absorbent material and a formulation including a therapeutic agent, wherein the therapeutic agent is a botanical. The botanical may be, but is not limited to, Agnus castus, aloe vera, comfrey, calendula, dong quai, black cohosh, chamomile, evening primrose, Hypericum perforatum, licorice root, black currant seed oil, St. John's wort, tea extracts, lemon balm, capsicum, rosemary, Areca catechu, mung bean, borage seed oil, witch hazel, fenugreek, lavender, soy, heath, cranberries, blueberries, azaleas, red onion skin, short red bell peppers, long red bell peppers, beet root extract, capsanthin, whortleberry, lingenberry, chokeberry, sweet rowan, rowanberry, seabuckhrouberry, crowberry, strawberries, or gooseberries.

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.

Feminine care products for the delivery of therapeutic substances

A method of making a preparation having effect against allergic symptoms, more particularly a preparation which has proved to be effective for therapeutic and prophylactic relief or prevention of symptoms associated eith allergic rhinitis, asthmatic conditions and other allergic conditions, such as allergic conjunctivitis, urticaria, or insect or plant stings, and in which fresh, newly harvested plants of the species Artemisia or other davanon containing plants are boiled in water (1), whereby water steam and volatile essential oils are given off, said oils are collected (2), the residue green mass is heated in water to allow for hydrolysis of the chemical components (3) which are extracted with alcohol (4) and are mixed with the previously extracted essential oils. The alcohol extract could be exchanged for an extract of another plant (e.g. thyme or chamomile) containing spasmolytic or antiallergic components. The invention also relates to a preparation made according to the method.

matricaria nigellifolia/pretsēnīšu

Feminine care products for the delivery of therapeutic substances

Artemisia extract for treating allergies

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