Steinmetz:Anemone

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Anemone hepatica (americanus)

Also known as (or relevant to) Anemone hepatica (americanus) Hepatica triloba Family Ranunculaceae English Names American Liverwort Natural Habitat North America; also growing in Central Europe Part(s) Used Herba Hepaticae trilobae

Constituent(s) hepatilobin anemonin tannin Action pectoral astringent nerve-tonic liver-tonic demulcent vulnerary

Anemone hepatica

Also known as (or relevant to) Anemone hepatica Hepatica nobilis Family Ranunculaceae English Names Liverwort Natural Habitat North- and Eastern Europe North America Part(s) Used Herba Hepaticae nobilis

Constituent(s) resin tannin anemonin sugar Action tonic astringent diuretic; used against diseases of the liver

Anemone nemorosa

Also known as (or relevant to) Anemone nemorosa Family Ranunculaceae English Names Wood Anemone Pasque-flower Wind-flower Natural Habitat Europe (especially Southern France and Mediterranean countries) U. S. A. Eastern Asia Part(s) Used Herba Anemone nemorosae

Constituent(s) anemonol anemonin Action nerve-tonic toxic

Anemone pratensis

Also known as (or relevant to) Anemone pratensis Anemone pulsatilla Pulsatilla pratensis (vulgraris) English Names Wildflower Pasque-flower Campana Wind-flower Natural Habitat Europe (including Great Britain) Balkan Siberia China Part(s) Used Herba Pulsatillae vulgaris Radix Pulsatillae vulgaris

Constituent(s) herb: anemonin anemonol essential oil tannin bitter principle; root: saponin Action herb: antispasmodic expectorant emmenagogue diuretic sudorific galactagogue nervine mydriatic sedative stimulant toxic; root: nerve tonic

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book