Steinmetz:Epilobium
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Epilobium angustifolium
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Onagraceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Europe (including Great Britain)
- North America
- Part(s) Used
- Herba Epilobii angustifolii
- Radix Epilobii, angustifolii
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- Constituent(s)
- leaf: tannin
- mucilage; root: tannin
- mucilage
- sugar
- Action
- leaf: tonic
- astringent; much used in Russia to adulterate ordinary tea and called by the Russians Kaporie tea; it is also used to flavour ale
- and eaten like Asparagus; root: astringent
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Epilobium palustre
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Oenotheraceae
- English Names
- Water-Willow
- Marsh Willow herb
- Natural Habitat
- Part(s) Used
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