Steinmetz:Indigofera
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Indigofera tinctoria (and other species)
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Leguminosae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- India
- Persia
- China
- Africa
- Brazil and other tropical countries
- Part(s) Used
- Falia Indigoferae tinctoriae
- Succus
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- Constituent(s)
- indican (glucoside)
- indigotin
- Action
- antispasmodic
- febrifuge
- deobstruent
- purgative
- antiseptic
- stimulant
- astringent
- nervine; it reduces an enlarged spleen and liver; in large doses emetic. Indigo is one of the most ancient and most satisfactory of all dye plants
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