Steinmetz:Atriplex
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Atriplex hortensis
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Part(s) Used
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- Constituent(s)
- saponin
- tannic acid
- mineral salts
- Action
- diuretic
- emollient
- refreshing
- used in pulmonary affections and eaten as a vegetable.
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Atriplex patula
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- English Names
- Halberd-shaped Orache
- Wild Orache
- Natural Habitat
- Europe
- (including Great Britain)
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- Constituent(s)
- Action
- the fresh leaf is used in hysteric complaints and is emmenagogue
- also used in pulmonary affections
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