Steinmetz:Abies
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Revision as of 21:00, 8 June 2009
Abies alba
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Coniferae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Central and Southern Europe
- Part(s) Used
- Oleum Abietis = Oleum Abies albae = Oleum Pini piceae = Oleum Abies Pectinatae (obtained from the needles and tops)
- Oleum Templinum (distilled from the cones)
- Terebinthina Argentoratensis = Strassburg turpentine
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- Constituent(s)
- resin
- turpentine
- maltol
- tannin
- abietite (a peculiar sugar
- nearly related to mannite
- is found in the leaves)
- Action
- liniment
- pulmonary
- diuretic
- expectorant
- irritant
- rubefacient
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Abies canadensis
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Coniferae
- English Names
- Balsam Fir
- Double Balsam Fir
- Hemlock Spruce Fir
- Sometimes erroneously called Balm of Gilead Fir (on account of its flavour). Balm of Gilead is derived from a tree of the genus Balsamodendron growing in Arabia (see: Commiphora opobalsamum).
- Natural Habitat
- U. S. A. (Nova Scotia)
- Canada
- Part(s) Used
- Balsamum canadense = Terebinthina Canadensis (obtained by incisions from the bark).
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- Constituent(s)
- canadin-acid
- canadinol-acids
- resin
- essential oil
- bitter principle
- Action
- astringent
- tonic; used in bronchitis
- gonorrhoea
- leucorrhoea
- inflammation of the bladder and technically for mounting objects for the microscope
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