Steinmetz:Fraxinus
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 8 June 2009
[edit] Fraxinus americanus
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Oleaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Part(s) Used
- Cortex Fraxini americanae
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- Constituent(s)
- Fraxin
- fraxetin (glycosides)
- essential oil
- Action
- bark: astringent
- tonic
- sudorific
- diuretic
- purgative
- emmenagogue
- used in enlargement of the spleen and in mastitis; seed: used in obesity
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[edit] Fraxinus excelsior
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Oleaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Europe (including Great Britain)
- Northern Asia
- Part(s) Used
- Conex Fraxini: Folia Fraxini
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- Constituent(s)
- fraxin
- fraxetin
- quercitrin
- mannite
- malic acid
- gum
- tannin
- inosit
- enzyme
- sugar
- Action
- leaf: laxative
- diuretic
- tonic
- astringent
- sudorific
- febrifuge
- antiperiodic; bark: astringent
- febrifuge
- tonic
- expectorant
- aromatic
- anti-rheumatic. P. S. In some districts of Sicily
- a little Manna is obtained from this tree
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[edit] Fraxinus ornus
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Oleaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Southern Europe (especially Sicily
- Calabria)
- Asia Minor
- Part(s) Used
- Manna = Manna cannellata (the dried saccharine juice, which is exuded by the puncture of an insect of the cochineal family. It can also be collected by tapping the trees)
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- Constituent(s)
- mannite (manna-sugar)
- glucose
- mucilage
- fraxin
- acrid resin
- laevulose
- Action
- mildly laxative
- strengthening
- tonic
- wholesome
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