Steinmetz:Rheum
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Rheum officinale
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- English Names
- Chinese Rhubarb
- Turkey Rhubarb
- Natural Habitat
- China
- Thibet
- cultivated in Europe
- Part(s) Used
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- Constituent(s)
- rheum-emodin
- chrysophanol
- minerals (including calcium oxalate)
- starch
- gum
- tannin
- resin
- acids
- glucogallin
- Action
- purgative
- astringent
- tonic
- stomachic
- depurative
- used in acute bacillary dysentery
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Rheum rhaponticum
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- English Names
- Rhapontic
- Rhapontic Rhubarb
- Natural Habitat
- Europe (including Great Britain)
- Balkan
- Siberia
- Thibet
- China
- Part(s) Used
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- Constituent(s)
- chrysophanol (but no rheum-emodin)
- rhaponticin
- tannin
- acids
- pectin
- gum
- oxalic acid
- Action
- root: laxative
- astringent
- tonic
- stomachic
- depurative. - The leaves are eaten as a vegetable with laxative effect and are rich in vitamin C
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