The Viscum album L. (White-berried European mistletoe) extract
ISCADOR®
is approved in Canada as a homeopathic remedy for oral use.
ISCADOR® M – from apple tree mistletoe
ISCADOR® P – from pine mistletoe
ISCADOR® Qu – from oak mistletoe
ISCADOR® is only available by prescription from your naturopathic
or medical doctor.
Each ampoule of ISCADOR® contains: fermented, aqueous extract from Viscum album differentiated by type of host tree, sodium chloride and sterile water.
Do not drink directly from the ampoule due to risk of injury from sharp or uneven glass edges. Consult a healthcare professional before using if pregnant or breastfeeding. Recommended dose: 1 ampoule daily or as recommended by a healthcare professional.
ISCADOR ampoules
The White-berried European mistletoe (Viscum album L.) is one
of the world’s oldest medicinal plants. Today, more than 150 clinical studies
have proven its efficacy and safety. This makes it one of the best studied
plants used in integrative oncology.1
Mistletoe is a flowering plant without roots on the ground. It lives on
trees or bushes and receives water and nutrients from its host plant. There
are over 1,000 mistletoe species worldwide. The European mistletoe found
in Central Europe is able to establish itself on the greatest variety of
host trees. It occurs in three subspecies: as hardwood mistletoe (on deciduous
trees such as apple trees, elm, oak), as pine mistletoe and as fir mistletoe.
The subspecies of white-berried mistletoe differ not only in some morphological
characteristics but also in their pharmacological properties. Characteristic
for the European mistletoe are its white berries, which develop from inconspicuous
flowers.
European mistletoe (Viscum album L.)
We are a Swiss pharmaceutical company that manufactures and scientifically researches plant-based preparations for integrative cancer treatment, especially from mistletoe. This is how we aim to provide support to medical professionals, patients and their relatives, and to contribute to a better quality of life. Our holistic approach focuses not only on the disease but on each person as an individual.
Hiscia Institute in 2022
Powered by the force of nature and the knowledge gained from over 70 years of research at Hiscia Institute in the small village of Arlesheim near Basel in Switzerland, we work relentlessly to further develop our remedies. It is our ambition to enhance the potential of integrative cancer therapy and to complement conventional medicine in the best way possible. It is equally important for us to share scientific findings with healthcare professionals to optimally support them in treating their patients.
Iscador AG is rooted in the mission of the Society for Cancer Research (Verein für Krebsforschung VfK), which has focused its research on complementary medicine and especially mistletoe since 1935. To this day, mistletoe is processed into medicinal preparations in Arlesheim, Switzerland, using specific methods based on Rudolf Steiner’s ideas.
It all started at the beginning of the 20th century with Rudolf
Steiner’s suggestion to use mistletoe for cancer treatment. Based on
this, the physician Ita Wegman developed the first mistletoe
preparation «Iscar» together with the pharmacist Adolf Hauser in
1917. She soon started to see positive effects and observed that her
patients «regained their courage to face life again».
Based on Rudolf Steiner’s further suggestions and Ita Wegmans research,
the knowledge about the effects and the production of mistletoe remedies
grew steadily. The methods developed back then still define our preparations
nowadays: The mistletoe harvest in summer and winter from different host
trees, the blending of the summer and winter extracts on a special machine
and the use of fermentation to naturally conserve the components without
using alcohol.
Dr. Rudolf Steiner
(1861 - 1925)
Dr. med. Ita Wegman
(1876 - 1943)
Hiscia Institute in 1952
In 1935, the Society for Cancer Research was founded to take care of any further research in this field. It has been based at the Hiscia Institute in Arlesheim since 1949, which still cultivates the same pioneering spirit of the early days. A good example is the machine for the blending of the mistletoe preparations designed according to Rudolf Steiner’s idea. The first machine was installed in 1928 and was continuously developed. Finally, in 1972, Machine 6 succeeded in meeting Steiner’s technical requirements. Twice a year, the summer and winter extracts of the manually harvested mistletoes are blended in a complex rotation procedure, thus enhancing the effect of mistletoe as a medicinal product for cancer treatment. Not only research but also the entire production process of our remedies took place at Hiscia Institute in Arlesheim.
Local production, highest quality and artisanal processes are
important to us and characterise our daily work. We are proud to be
responsible for every single step in the development of our
preparations and to literally have them in our own hands: From manual
cultivation to the harvest several years later, up to the assembling
of each individual package.
In between, however, there is an important processing step that only our
special machine can perform: The “turning” of the summer and winter extracts
of mistletoe. In a complex process, those two extracts are blended twice
a year to produce our mistletoe remedies.
Watch the video to follow mistletoe on its way to become a remedy:
https://youtu.be/I6otf-_VIIM
