Die Erfindung betrifft Screeningverfahren oder Suchverfahren mittels Bibliotheken von Stoffgemischen. Erfindungsgemäß wird ein Suchverfahren nach einem optimal wirksamen Einzelstoffgemisch vorgeschlagen, das dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, daß es einen bestimmten Gehalt von Extrakten von Agni casti fructus (Mönchspfeffer), Cimicifuga racemosa oder Cimicifugae racemosae rhizoma (Traubensilberkerze, Cimicifuga-Wurzelstock), Panax ginseng (Ginseng) und alpha-Tocopherol enthält. Die bereitgestellte Bibliothek beinhaltet mindestens 1.000 verschiedene Einzel-Stoffgemische.Screening living tissues of pituitary or pituitary hormone production system, comprises providing at least 1000 different single-substance mixtures of a mixture of extracts e.g. Agni casti fructus (chaste tree) and Cimicifuga racemosa, in the form of a library, and contacting the single-substance mixture as a library member with the tissues of the pituitary or pituitary hormone production system, for finding optimally active substance mixtures directed on the regulation of a crisis situation of the pituitary or pituitary hormone production system. Screening living tissues of the pituitary or pituitary hormone production system, comprises providing at least 1000 different single-substance mixtures of a mixture of extracts such as Agni casti fructus (chaste tree), Cimicifuga racemosaor Cimicifugae racemosae rhizoma (Black cohosh, Cimicifugarhizome), Panax ginseng(ginseng) and alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E) in the form of a library, and contacting the single-substance mixture as a library member with the tissues of the pituitary or pituitary hormone production system, for finding optimally active substance mixtures directed on the regulation of a crisis situation of the pituitary or pituitary hormone production system. ACTIVITY : Endocrine-Gen. Antidepressant. MECHANISM OF ACTION : None given.
