- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Fagaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Western Europe (including Great Britain)
- Asia Minor
- Armenia
- Palestine
- Japan
- Part(s) Used
- Cortex Fagi
- Folia Fagi
- Semen Fagi
- Oleum Fagi
- Oleum Fagi empyreumaticum = Pix Fagi
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- Constituent(s)
- leaf: potash; nut: fagin
- fatty oil; tar (obtained from the wood)
- Action
- leaf: febrifuge
- tonic
- blood-cooling; oil: antiseptic
- nutritive; tar: antiparasitic
- source of creosote; bark: astringent
- febrifuge
- tonic
- laxative
- appetising
- tanning material; nut: nutritive
- food for deer and humans; the nuts tend to become toxic in too large quantities
- because of the substance fagin contained in them (this substance is not found in the oil expressed from the nuts)
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