Steinmetz:Digitalis

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Digitalis purpurea

Also known as (or relevant to) Digitalis purpurea Digitalis lanata Digitalis lutea (and other species) Family Scrophulariaceae English Names Foxglove Natural Habitat Europe (including Great Britain) Canada Part(s) Used Folia Digitalis Semen Digltalis

Constituent(s) digitoxin digitalein digitalin digitin digltonin (glycosides) fat volatile oil enzymes saponins sugar starch gum mucilage and other substances Action leaf: sedative diuretic cardiac tonic vascular stimulant; seed: cordial diuretic. The diuretic action of Digitalis lutea is more pronounced than that of other species toxic

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book