- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Ericaceae
- English Names
- Bilberry
- Wortleberry
- Huckleberry (in America)
- Natural Habitat
- Europe (including Great Britain)
- especially Russia
- Northern Asia Minor
- North America
- Part(s) Used
- Folia Myrtilli
- Fructus Myrtilli
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- Constituent(s)
- leaf: reomyrtillin
- arbutin
- quinic acid
- tannin
- ericinol
- ericolin (glucosidic bitter principle); berry: idaein (blue cololuring matter)
- sugar
- anthrocyane
- pectin
- myrtillin
- acids
- vitamin C
- tannin
- inosit
- Action
- leaf: astringent
- anti-diabetic
- anti-inflammatory
- tonic
- antiseptic; berry: astringent
- haemostatic
- antidysenteric
- antiscorbutic
- diuretic
- refrigerant
- tonic
- nutritive; they antidote the typhoid bacillus
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