Steinmetz:Schinus

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Schinus molle

Also known as (or relevant to) Schinus molle Family Anacardiaceae English Names American Pepper Peruvian Mastic tree Natural Habitat South America (especially Peru Chile) Southern France Part(s) Used Semen Schini mollis

Constituent(s) gum-resin essential oil tannin glucose leptine Action stomachic tonic diuretic expectorant aromatic; used as a substitute for Fructus Cubebae. The gum-resin known as American Mastic is purgative and employed in Peru and Chile as a masticatory to strengthen the gums; it exudes from the stem when wounded