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Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Compositae
English Names
  • Dalmatian insect plant
  • Dalmatian Pyrethrum
Natural Habitat
  • Dalmatia
  • Italy
  • Balkan
  • North Africa; mainly in Japan
Part(s) Used
  • Flores Pyrethri insecticidi (Dalmatini) = Flores Chrysanthemi cinerariaefolii
Constituent(s)
  • pyrethrotoxic acid
  • chrysanthemin (pyrethrin)
  • essential oil
  • resin
Action
  • antiscabious
  • vermifuge
  • insecticide



Chrysanthemum indicum

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Compositae
Natural Habitat
  • China
  • Japan
  • Malaya
Part(s) Used
  • Flores Chrysanthemi Indici
Constituent(s)
  • chrysanthemin (pyrethrin)
  • saponin
  • essential oil
Action
  • flower: vermifuge
  • insecticide
  • tonic
  • sedative
  • employed in diseases of the head and as a collyrium in eye affections



Chrysanthemum leucanthemum

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Compositae
English Names
  • Moon-Daisy
  • Ox Eye Daisy
  • Herb Margaret
  • White Ox-Eye
  • Wild Chrysanthemum
  • Feverfew
Natural Habitat
  • Europe (including Great Britain)
  • Western Asia
Part(s) Used
  • Herba Chrysanthemi leucanthemi
  • Flores Chrysanthemi leucanthemi;
Action
  • herb: tonic
  • antispasmodic (in whooping cough)
  • emmenagogue
  • diuretic
  • emetic
  • astringent; flower: antispasmodic; root: used to check the night sweats of consumptive people



Chrysanthemum roseum

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Compositae
English Names
  • Persian Pellitory
  • Persian insect plant
Natural Habitat
  • Persia Caucasus
  • Armenia
  • Iran
Part(s) Used
  • Flores Pyrethri rosei = Flores Chrysanthemi persici = Flores Pyrethri persici
  • Radix Pyrethri rosei
Constituent(s)
  • pyrethrotoxic-acid
  • chrysanthemin (pyrethrin)
  • essential oil
  • resin
Action
  • root: used to allay toothache (when the root is chewed it deadens the nerves); flower: insecticide
  • parasiticide



Chrysanthemum segetum

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Compositae
English Names
  • Corn Marigold
  • Yellow Ox-Eye
Natural Habitat
  • Europe
  • especially Mediterranean countries
Part(s) Used
  • Flores Chrysanthemi segeti
Action
  • stomachic
  • vermifuge
  • antiseptic
  • diuretic



Chrysanthemum parthenium

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Compositae
English Names
  • Motherwort
  • Common Pellitory
  • Fever-few herb
Natural Habitat
  • Central- and Southern Europe
Part(s) Used
  • Herba Matricariae verae
Constituent(s)
  • essential oil
  • bitter principle
Action
  • vermifuge
  • emmenagogue
  • antispasmodic
  • diuretic
  • febrifuge
  • resolvent
  • aperient
  • carminative
  • tonic
  • stomachic

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