Steinmetz:Urginea

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Urginea maritima

Also known as (or relevant to) Urginea maritima Urginea scilla Scilla maritima Family Liliaceae English Names Squil (white and red) Natural Habitat Mediterranean countries Portugal Algeria Morocco Greece Syria Asia Minor Urginea indica: India (which is a poor substitute for the European squil) Part(s) Used Bulbus Scillae albae Bulbus Scillae rubrae

Constituent(s) scillipicrin scillain scillaren A scillaren B scillaren C scillamarina scillitoxin scillin sinistrin mucilage sugar saponin calcium oxalate tannin fat scillirosid (of which the red squil contains about 40 times as much as the white squil) Action white squil: Digitalis-like diuretic expectorant. restorative stimulant cathartic emetic toxic; red squil: used to poison rats and mice