Steinmetz:Pistacia
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Pistacia lentiscus
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Greece (Chios-Scio)
- Levant
- Asia Minor
- India
- Part(s) Used
- Gummi Mastix (obtained by incisions made in the bark)
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- Constituent(s)
- resins
- acids
- essential oil
- bitter principle
- Action
- diuretic
- stimulant
- aphrodisiac
- stomachic
- astringent
- haemostatic
- expectorant
- sudorific
- corroborant. - Solutions of Mastic in alcohol
- ether or chloroform are used
- applied on cottonwool as temporary stoppings of carious teeth
- and the gum is also employed as an ingredient of surgical varnishes and plasters
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Pistacia terebinthus
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- English Names
- Chian Turpentine tree
- Cyprian Turpentine tree
- Natural Habitat
- Mediterranean countries
- (mainly the islands of Chios and Cyprus)
- Asia Minor
- Syria
- Palestine
- Afghanistan
- Northern Africa
- Canary Islands
- Part(s) Used
- Terebinthina Chia = Terebinthina Cypria (obtained from incisions made in the bark)
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- Constituent(s)
- essential oil
- resin
- bitter principle
- Action
- same as other kinds of turpentine
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Pistacia vera
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Mediterranean countries
- Syria
- Asia Minor
- Persia
- Afghanistan
- Part(s) Used
- Semen Pistaciae (socalled "green almonds")
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- Constituent(s)
- Action
- wholesome
- used as a substitute for sweet almonds
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