Steinmetz:Ficus

Ficus carica

Also known as (or relevant to) Ficus carica Family Moraceae English Names Fig tree Natural Habitat Asia Minor Western Asia Caucasus Levant Greece Italy Spain Syria and introduced in many other countries Part(s) Used Fructus Caricae (the fleshy inflorescence) Folia Carlcae

Constituent(s) fruit: grape-sugar pectin gum resin fatty matter albumen acids salts Action fruit: laxative expectorant emollient demulcent restorative nutritive wholesome; leaf: antiscrofulous

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book

Ficus indica

Also known as (or relevant to) Ficus indica Ficus bengalensis Urostigma bengalensis Family Moraceae English Names Banyan tree Indian Fig tree Padoga tree Natural Habitat East Indies cultivated in West Indies Part(s) Used Succus Lignum

Constituent(s) bark: tannin wax caoutchouc; fruit: albuminoids carbohydrates Action alterative tonic astringent; used in diabetes dysentery and in haemorrhages

Ficus cystopoda

Also known as (or relevant to) Ficus cystopoda Urostigma cystopodum Bichetea officinalis Family Urticaceae English Names Murure Natural Habitat South America (mainly Brazil) Part(s) Used Cortex Murure Oleum Murure

Action bark: purgative; oil: antirheumatic antisyphilitic