Steinmetz:Juniperus
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 8 June 2009
[edit] Juniperus communis
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Europe (including Great Britain)
- especially Italy; Russia
- North Africa
- North America
- Northern Asia
- Part(s) Used
- Fructus Juniperi = Baccae Juniperi
- Oleum fructus Juniperi
- Lignum Juniperi
- Oleum ligni Juniperi
- Summitates Juniperi
- Succus Juniperi inspissatus = Rob Juniperi
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- Constituent(s)
- berry: juniperin
- volatile oil
- grape sugar
- resins
- fat
- ligrin
- wax
- gum
- salines
- proteids
- malates
- formic acid
- albumen; top: essential oil
- resin
- tannin; wood
- essential oil
- resin
- Action
- berry: diuretic
- sudorific
- depurative
- digestive
- carminative
- stomachic; berry-oil: diuretic
- carminative
- stimulant
- cordial; wood: diuretic
- sudorific
- depurative; wood-oil: liniment
- empyreumatic; top: diuretic
- depurative; rob; used for making gin
- Berry and oil are used internally as a diuretic in gout
- bronchial diseases
- etc. (care in kidney diseases
- being irritant)
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[edit] Juniperus oxycedrus (and other species)
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Mediterranean countries
- Hungary
- mountainous regions
- of South-East France
- Part(s) Used
- Oleum Juniperi oxycedri = Oleum Cadinum = Oleum Juniperi empyreumaticum
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- Constituent(s)
- resins
- phenol
- acids
- cadinene
- Action
- diuretic stimulant
- vermifuge
- odontalgia
- used as a strong antiseptic in chronic skin diseases
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[edit] Juniperus sabina
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Central and Southern Europe
- Western Asia
- Part(s) Used
- Folia Sabinae
- Summitates Sabinae
- Oleum Sabinae
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- Constituent(s)
- volatile oil (containing sabinol and other ingredients)
- gallic acid
- resin
- fixed oil
- gum
- tannin
- pinipicrin
- sugar
- bitter principle
- Action
- herb: uterine stimulant
- abortive
- emmenagogue
- diuretic
- vermifuge
- anti-parasitic
- toxic; oil: abortive
- toxic; used in veterinary medicine for detaching afterbirth
- Herb and oil are also used as haemostatic in uterine bleeding
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[edit] Juniperus virginiana
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Pinaceae
- English Names
- Red Cedar
- Virginian Cedar
- Natural Habitat
- North America (especially Florida)
- Part(s) Used
- Lignum Cedri
- Oleum ligni Cedri (obtained from the wood)
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- Constituent(s)
- essential oil
- resin
- borneol
- terpene
- Action
- taeniafuge
- The wood is used in making cigar boxes
- and in manufacturing soaps and perfumes
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