Steinmetz:Gaultheria

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Gaultheria procumbens (and other species)

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Ericaceae
English Names
  • American Wintergreen shrub
  • Partridge Berry
  • Teaberry
  • Mountain tea
  • Checkerberry
Natural Habitat
  • Southern Canada
  • U. S. A.
Part(s) Used
  • Folia Gaultheriae
  • Oleum Gaultheriae
Constituent(s)
  • essential oil (containing gaultherin)
  • arbutin
  • urson
  • ericolin
  • gallic acid
  • tannin
  • gum
  • sugar
  • methyl-salicylate
  • mucilage
Action
  • leaf: astringent
  • tonic
  • stimulant
  • antiseptic
  • carminative
  • diuretic
  • emmenagogue
  • used in asthma; oil: rubefacient
  • anodyne
  • P. S. Gaultheria leucocarpa
  • a native of Java
  • yields a similar oil
  • known by the natives as Zantigi badas. - Gaultheria punctata
  • also a native of Java
  • yields an analogous oil
  • known by the natives as Tjatagie-wangi. - Gaultheria fragantissima (Gaultheria fragrans = Arbutus laurifolia)
  • a native of India
  • Ceylon and Burma
  • called Indian Wintergreen and in India Sheaboogi
  • is also found in Java and there known as Gandapuro.
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