Steinmetz:Sambucus

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Sambucus canadensis

Also known as (or relevant to) Sambucus canadensis Family Caprifoliaceae English Names American Elder Natural Habitat North America Part(s) Used Cortex Sambuci canadensis Flores Sambuci canadensis Folia Sambuci canadensis

Constituent(s) flower: essential oil gum resin mucilage Action bark: diuretic laxative emetic; flower: diuretic sudorific depurative febrifuge; leaf: used for giving a fine green tint to oil or fat as in Oleum viride and Unguentum Sambuci foliorum

Sambucus chinensis

Also known as (or relevant to) Sambucus chinensis Sambucus thunbergiana Natural Habitat China Part(s) Used Folia Sambuci chinensis Radix Sambuci chinensis

Action emetic toxic

Sambucus ebulus

Also known as (or relevant to) Sambucus ebulus Family Caprifoliaceae English Names Dwarf-Elder Danewort Ground-Elder Wallwort Natural Habitat Central Europe Balkan North-Eastern Africa Western Asia Part(s) Used Fructus Ebuli nigri Herba Ebuli Radix Ebuli

Constituent(s) root: sugar tannin resin emulsin acids bitter principle; berry: essential oil valerianic acid sugar acids tannin bitter principle; herb: sambunigrin emulsin essential oil palmatin sugar bitter principle Action herb: diuretic laxative sudorific alterative expectorant; root: diuretic laxative sudorific depurative alterative toxic; berry: aperient colouring agent toxic

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book

Sambucus nigra

Also known as (or relevant to) Sambucus nigra Family Caprifoliaceae English Names European Elder Black Elder Natural Habitat Central and Southern Europe (including Great Britain) Caucasus (not in Russia) Western Asia Southern and Western Siberia Part(s) Used Cortex Sambuci Flores Sambuci Folia Sambuci Fructus Sambuci Radix Sambuci Medulla Sambuci Olenm Sambuci viridis (obtained from the leaf)

Constituent(s) root: resin; leaf: prussic acid sambucin sambunigrine resin; flower: essential oil acids tannin resin cholin mucilage sugar; fruit: sugar tannin acids tyrosin colouring matter; bark: nitrate of potash prussic acid sambucin sambunigrine resin Action bark: diuretic sudorific depurative laxative emetic; flower: diuretic sudorific febrifuge depurative galactagogue expectorant emollient; leaf: laxative diuretic sudorific depurative; fruit: laxative diuretic sudorific expectorant depurative stomachic; root: laxative diuretic emetic

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book

Sambucus racemosa

Also known as (or relevant to) Sambucus racemosa Sambucus sieboldiana Family Caprifoliaceae English Names Red Elder Natural Habitat Central Europe China Part(s) Used Fructus Sambuci racemosae Cortex radicis Sambuci racemosae

Constituent(s) fatty oiｌ Action fruit: sudorific febrifuge; rootbark: diuretic slightly emetic