Steinmetz:Juniperus

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Juniperus communis

Also known as (or relevant to) Juniperus communis Family Cupressaceae English Names Common Juniper Natural Habitat Europe (including Great Britain) especially Italy; Russia North Africa North America Northern Asia Part(s) Used Fructus Juniperi = Baccae Juniperi Oleum fructus Juniperi Lignum Juniperi Oleum ligni Juniperi Summitates Juniperi Succus Juniperi inspissatus = Rob Juniperi

Constituent(s) berry: juniperin volatile oil grape sugar resins fat ligrin wax gum salines proteids malates formic acid albumen; top: essential oil resin tannin; wood essential oil resin Action berry: diuretic sudorific depurative digestive carminative stomachic; berry-oil: diuretic carminative stimulant cordial; wood: diuretic sudorific depurative; wood-oil: liniment empyreumatic; top: diuretic depurative; rob; used for making gin Berry and oil are used internally as a diuretic in gout bronchial diseases etc. (care in kidney diseases being irritant)

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book

Juniperus oxycedrus (and other species)

Also known as (or relevant to) Juniperus oxycedrus (and other species) Family Cupressaceae English Names Cade Red Juniper Natural Habitat Mediterranean countries Hungary mountainous regions of South-East France Part(s) Used Oleum Juniperi oxycedri = Oleum Cadinum = Oleum Juniperi empyreumaticum

Constituent(s) resins phenol acids cadinene Action diuretic stimulant vermifuge odontalgia used as a strong antiseptic in chronic skin diseases

Juniperus sabina

Also known as (or relevant to) Juniperus sabina Family Cupressaceae English Names Savin Sabine Natural Habitat Central and Southern Europe Western Asia Part(s) Used Folia Sabinae Summitates Sabinae Oleum Sabinae

Constituent(s) volatile oil (containing sabinol and other ingredients) gallic acid resin fixed oil gum tannin pinipicrin sugar bitter principle Action herb: uterine stimulant abortive emmenagogue diuretic vermifuge anti-parasitic toxic; oil: abortive toxic; used in veterinary medicine for detaching afterbirth Herb and oil are also used as haemostatic in uterine bleeding

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book

Juniperus virginiana

Also known as (or relevant to) Juniperus virginiana Family Pinaceae English Names Red Cedar Virginian Cedar Natural Habitat North America (especially Florida) Part(s) Used Lignum Cedri Oleum ligni Cedri (obtained from the wood)

Constituent(s) essential oil resin borneol terpene Action taeniafuge The wood is used in making cigar boxes and in manufacturing soaps and perfumes