- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Liliaceae
- English Names
- Colchicum
- Meadow-Saffron
- Meadow Crocus
- Autumn Crocus
- Naked Ladies
- Natural Habitat
- Central and Southern Europe (including Great Britain)
- North Africa
- Southern Caucasus
- Part(s) Used
- Bulbus Colchici = Cormus Colchici
- Flores Colchici
- Semen Colchici
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- Constituent(s)
- colchicine
- colchiceine
- phytosterin
- resin
- fixed oil
- gum
- starch
- sugar
- protein
- tannin
- gallic acid
- Action
- diuretic
- sudorific
- alterative
- emetic
- laxative
- antirheumatic
- toxic. Not safe unless in homoeopathic doses; its use should not be prolonged. It has a specific action on the muscular tissues
- the periosteum and the synovial membranes of the joints
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