Steinmetz:Viburnum
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Viburnum lantana
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- English Names
- Wayfaring tree
- Mealy Guelder Rose
- Hobble Bush (by the Indians of North America)
- Natural Habitat
- Europe (including Great Britain)
- Himalayas
- North America
- Part(s) Used
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- Constituent(s)
- Action
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Viburnum opulus
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- English Names
- Water-Elder
- Snowball
- Guelder Rose
- Cramp bark
- High Cranberry
- Wayfaring tree
- Natural Habitat
- temperate parts of Europe (including Great Britain)
- North America
- Asia
- Part(s) Used
- Herba Viburni opuli
- Cortex Viburni opuli
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- Constituent(s)
- bark: viburnin
- resin
- citric acid
- malic acid
- oxalic acid
- sugar
- carbonates
- phosphates; herb: bitter principle
- Action
- herb: purgative
- emetic; bark: antispasmodic
- sedative
- nervine
- used in painful menstruation
- cramps
- hysteria
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Viburnum prunifolium
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- English Names
- American Black Haw
- American Snowball
- American Guelder Rose
- American Sloe
- Stagbush
- Natural Habitat
- Eastern and Southern parts of U. S. A.
- Part(s) Used
- Cortex arboris Viburni prunifolii
- Cortex radicis Viburni Prunifolii
- Fructus Viburni Prunifolii
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- Constituent(s)
- viburnin
- tannin
- resin
- valeric acid
- starch
- dextrin
- sugar
- Action
- treebark
- rootbark: uterine tonic
- sedative
- nervine
- antispasmodic
- anti-asthmatic
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