Steinmetz:Arctostaphylos
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Arctostaphylos uva ursi
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Ericaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Europe (including Great Britain)
- Asia
- North America: the variety Arctostaphylos glauca
- Part(s) Used
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- Constituent(s)
- arbutin
- methyl-arbutin
- tannin
- catechin-tannin
- ericolin
- ericinol
- ursone
- resin
- wax
- sugar
- fat
- rhalic-
- gallic- and other acids
- essential oil
- quercetin
- Action
- disinfectant
- . Astringent
- soothing
- tonic
- depurative; used in cystitis
- however only when urine is alkali
- not in acute catarrh of the bladder
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