Steinmetz:Eucalyptus

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Eucalyptus globulus (and other species)

Also known as (or relevant to) Eucalyptus globulus (and other species) Family Myrtaceae English Names Eucalyptus Blue Gum tree Australian Fever tree Natural Habitat Eastern- and Southern Australia Tasmania Southern Europe Mediterranean countries North- and South Africa Part(s) Used Folia Eucalypti globuli Oleum Eucalypti (distilled from the leaves)

Constituent(s) oil: eucalyptol (cineol) tannin wax resin bitter principle Action antiseptic hygienic disinfectant deodorant haemostatic antipyretic febrifuge antispasmodic stimulant astringent anti-catarrhal

Eucalyptus occidentalis

Also known as (or relevant to) Eucalyptus occidentalis Family Myrtaceae English Names Mallet Flat-topped Yate Natural Habitat Western Australia Part(s) Used Cortex Eucalypti (known as Mallet bark)

Constituent(s) inner bark: tannins; leaf: volatile oil Action used as tanning material

Eucalyptus rostrata (and other species)

Also known as (or relevant to) Eucalyptus rostrata (and other species) Family Myrtaceae English Names Eucalyptus-Kino Kino-Eucalyptus Red Gum tree Blood Wood Natural Habitat Australia (not in Tasmania) Algeria Part(s) Used Succus (exuded from the stem. socalled Kino)

Constituent(s) kino-tannic aoid catechin pyrocatechin Action astringent tonic used in affections of the mucous membrane of stomach and bowels and in diarrhoea and dysentery. It possesses very similar qualities to Eucalyptus globulus and in some respects superior ones