Steinmetz:Pimpinella

Pimpinella anisum

Also known as (or relevant to) Pimpinella anisum Family Umbelliferae English Names Anise Aniseed Natural Habitat Europe Spain Bulgaria Greece Asia Minor Southern Russia Egypt Persia Northern India Japan South America (especially Chile Mexico) Part(s) Used Fructus Anisi vulgaris Oleum Anisi vulgaris

Constituent(s) volatile oil (mainly consisting of anethol) fatty oil albumen starch mucilage sugar mineral salts gum Action stimulant carminative stomachic galactagogue antispasmodic pectoral expectorant sudorific aromatic

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• Information in Von Esenbeck's book

Pimpinella saxifraga

Also known as (or relevant to) Pimpinella saxifraga Poterium sanguisorba (and other species) Family Umbelliferae English Names Small Pimpernel Burnet-Saxifrage Natural Habitat Europe (including Great Britain) Siberia Balkan Western Asia Part(s) Used Herba Pimpinellae saxifragae Radix Pimpinellae saxifragae

Constituent(s) herb: essential oil tannin; root: essential oil resin pimpinellin sugar starch albumen minerals gum saponin tannin mucilage Action herb: appetising sudorific carminative; root: diuretic stomachic expectorant emmenagogue galactagogue appetising digestive sudorific nervine aromatic

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book