- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Buxaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Western and Southern Europe (including Great Britain)
- Western Himalayas
- Japan
- Persia
- Part(s) Used
- Folia Buxi
- Radix Buxi
- Lignum Buxi
- Cortex Buxi
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- Constituent(s)
- buxine
- parabuxine
- buxinidine
- parabuxinidine
- buxinamine
- resin
- pectin
- gum
- essential oil (all of them mostly in the leaf and in the bark
- and especially in the rootbark)
- Action
- bark
- wood: laxative
- diuretic
- cholagogue
- depurative
- febrifuge
- alterative
- sudorific
- tonic
- vermifuge
- antiperiodic
- sedative
- narcotic
- In excessive doses
- all parts of the tree are toxic. The leaves are used externally in the form of an infusion to promote the growth of the hair
- with excellent results.
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