Steinmetz:Ruscus

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Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Ruscus aculeatus

Also known as (or relevant to) Ruscus aculeatus Family Liliaceae English Names Butcher's Broom Natural Habitat Europe (including Great Britain) Mediterranean countries Persia Part(s) Used Radix Brusci = Radix Rusci: Herba Brusci = Herba Rusci

Constituent(s) essential oil resin potash-salts chalk saponisid Action root: emmenagogue sudorific diuretic appetising laxative used in jaundice and in pulmonary diseases; herb: sudorific aperient diuretic deobstruent febrifuge. The young shoots of the plant can be eaten like Asparagus