Pharmaceutical formulation consisting of a plant dry extract with a calcium coating

A pharmaceutical tablet or dragée for the therapy of osteoporosis comprising:

• a.) an inner pressed body, said inner pressed body comprising 0.5 to 100 mg of at least one plant extract in dry form, said plant extract having an anti-osteoporosis effect, yet not having an estrogen type effect on the uterus, wherein said plant extract is selected from the group consisting of extracts from:
• Vitex agnus castus (chaste tree), Belamcanda chinensis (leopard lily), Cimicifuga racemosa (black cohosh);
• Trifolium pratense L. (purple trefoil), Oenothera biennis hom. (primrose), Glycine soja (soy bean), Serenoa repens (saw-palmetto), Urtica dioica (stinging nettle), Cucurbita pepo (pumpkin), Pygeum africanum, and suitable mixtures thereof, and
• b.) at least one coating enveloping said pressed body said at least one coating consisting essentially of at least one calcium salt, said calcium salt present in an amount to provide from approx. 50 to 1000 mg calcium per coated tablet,
• whereby said dry plant extract and said calcium salt are present in sufficient amounts that when administered to a patient they cooperate for the therapy of osteoporosis.