FIELD: chemical and pharmaceutical industry.
SUBSTANCE: the present innovation deals with creating medicinal preparations of plant origin and could be applied for treating functional constipations and affected biorhythm of defecation. It is suggested to apply either dry aqueous or aqueous-alcoholic extract of horse chestnut seeds of Aesculus species to prepare curative-prophylactic preparation in case of constipation and affected biorhythm of defecation. The suggested preparation should be applied in the form of powder, tablets or suppositories. Pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating constipation and affected biorhythm of defecation contains an active substance out of medicinal plant and a pharmaceutically acceptable filling agent, moreover, this preparation is designed as suppositories and contains either dry aqueous or aqueous-alcoholic extract of horse chestnut seeds of Aesculus species and suppository hydrophobic foundation at certain content of ingredients. Dry aqueous or aqueous-alcoholic extract contains 1-50% active substance as escin. As foundation it could contain either cacao oil or vitepsol. The method for preventing and treating constipations and affected biorhythm of defecation deals with introducing the suggested pharmaceutical composition into patient's anus 5-15 min before planned act of defecation. Application of "Rectum-activ" preparation provides positive result at treating functional psychogenic constipation: in 5-15 min after introducing a suppository into anus pronounced urgency for defecation. In case of course therapy for 4 wk one should observe restoration of natural urgency for intestinal evacuation. Moreover, purgative preparation causes no unfavorable pain feelings.
EFFECT: higher efficiency.
10 cl, 6 ex
