Steinmetz:Buxus

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Buxus sempervirens

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Buxaceae
English Names
  • Common Box tree
Natural Habitat
  • Western and Southern Europe (including Great Britain)
  • Western Himalayas
  • Japan
  • Persia
Part(s) Used
  • Folia Buxi
  • Radix Buxi
  • Lignum Buxi
  • Cortex Buxi
Constituent(s)
  • buxine
  • parabuxine
  • buxinidine
  • parabuxinidine
  • buxinamine
  • resin
  • pectin
  • gum
  • essential oil (all of them mostly in the leaf and in the bark
  • and especially in the rootbark)
Action
  • bark
  • wood: laxative
  • diuretic
  • cholagogue
  • depurative
  • febrifuge
  • alterative
  • sudorific
  • tonic
  • vermifuge
  • antiperiodic
  • sedative
  • narcotic
  • In excessive doses
  • all parts of the tree are toxic. The leaves are used externally in the form of an infusion to promote the growth of the hair
  • with excellent results.
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