Steinmetz:Fagus

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Fagus silvatica

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Fagaceae
English Names
  • Beech
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
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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