- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Rosaceae
- English Names
- Dropwort
- Meadowsweet
- Queen of the Meadow
- Goat's beard
- Natural Habitat
- Central- and Southern Europe
- Asia
- Part(s) Used
- Herba Spiraeae ulmariae = Herba Ulmariae = Barbae caprinae
- Flores Spiraeae ulmariae
- Radix Spiraeae ulmariae
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- Constituent(s)
- herb; essential oil
- salicylic acid
- piperonal
- tannin
- vanillin; flower: essential oil
- vanillin
- salicylic acid; root: tannin
- monotropin
- Action
- herb: diuretic
- astringent
- febrifuge
- sudorific
- aromatic
- antl-scid
- soothing the sympathetic nerves
- restoring elasticity to the muscles
- antirheumatic; flower: diuretic
- astringent
- sudorific
- sedative; root: febrifuge
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