Steinmetz:Cichorium
From Metabolomics.JP
(Difference between revisions)
|
|
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| | + | {{CodexVegetabilis/Header}} |
| | + | |
| | {{CodexVegetabilis | | {{CodexVegetabilis |
| | |nameL=Cichorium endivia | | |nameL=Cichorium endivia |
Latest revision as of 21:00, 8 June 2009
[edit] Cichorium endivia
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Compositae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Part(s) Used
|
- Constituent(s)
- bitter substance
- lactucopicrin
- Action
- resolvent
- cooling
- carminative
- nutritive (largely used for salads)
- antibilious; well-known vegetable. Root: diuretic
- laxative
- tonic
|
[edit] Cichorium intybus
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Compositae
- English Names
- Chicory
- Succory
- Wild Succory
- Natural Habitat
- Central- and Southern Europe (including Great Britain)
- Northern Asia
- North Africa
- South America
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Part(s) Used
- Herba Cichorii
- Radix Cichorii
- Flores Cichorii intybus
|
- Constituent(s)
- herb: resin
- bitter principle; root: essential oil
- resin
- tannic acid
- inulin
- sugar
- bitter principle
- potash salts
- pectin
- Action
- herb: diuretic
- stomachic
- aperient
- sedative
- in consumption of the lungs and a well-known vegetable; root: laxative
- diuretic
- sudorific
- depurative
- stomachic
- tonic
- cholagogue
- febrifuge; used as a substitute for coffee
|
Links
