Steinmetz:Lactuca
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 8 June 2009
[edit] Lactuca canadensis
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Compositae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Part(s) Used
- Herba Lactucae canadensis
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- Constituent(s)
- Action
- used for making Lactucarium canadense
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[edit] Lactuca muralis
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Compositae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Europe
- Mediterranean countries
- North-West Africa
- Caucasus
- Asia Minor
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- Action
- used for the same purposes as other varieties of Lactuca
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[edit] Lactuca sativa var. Capitata
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Compositae
- English Names
- Garden Lettuce
- Cabbage Lettuce
- Natural Habitat
- Europe (especially Netherlands and France)
- Himalayas
- China and cultivated the world over
- Part(s) Used
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- Constituent(s)
- acids
- lactucetin
- (lactucon)
- albumen
- mannite
- lactucin (chief bitter principle)
- iron
- vitamin C
- Action
- emollient; well-known vegetable. - Used for making Lactucarium gallicum (the inspissated milky juice)
- which is narcotic and hypnotic
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[edit] Lactuca scariola
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Compositae
- English Names
- Prickly Lettuce
- Compass plant
- Natural Habitat
- Caucasus
- Europe mainly France
- Part(s) Used
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- Constituent(s)
- lactucin (bitter principle)
- acids
- lactucerin
- (lactucon)
- albumen
- iron
- Action
- diuretic
- antispasmodic
- sedative
- emollient
- toxic
- - Probably
- through cultivation
- Lactuca sativa has come from this plant
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[edit] Lactuca virosa
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Corupositae
- English Names
- Wild Lettuce
- Poison Lettuce
- Acrid Lettuce
- Lettuce Opium
- Sleepwort
- Natural Habitat
- Europe
- India
- Persia
- North Africa
- Part(s) Used
- Herba Lactucae virosae = Herba Intybi angusti
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- Constituent(s)
- lactucin
- lactucic acid
- lactucerin (lactucon)
- wax
- mannite
- albumen
- acids
- Action
- diuretic
- sudorific
- expectorant
- galactagogue
- laxative
- sedative
- anodyne
- hypnotic
- toxic; used for making Lactucarium germanicum (the inspissated juice)
- which is narcotic and much stronger than Lactucarium gallicun (obtained from Lactuca sativa vat
- capitata)
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