- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Rutaceae
- English Names
- Prickly Ash
- Toothache tree
- Hercules Club
- Natural Habitat
- Part(s) Used
- Cortex Xanthoxyli
- Fructus Xanthoxyli
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- Constituent(s)
- xanthoxylin
- essential oil
- tannin
- resin
- sugar
- bitter principle
- Action
- bark: diuretic
- sudorific
- stimulant
- nervine
- alterative
- tonic
- cardiac; berry: used for the same purposes as the bark
- but considered to be more active
- also antispasmodic and carminative. The drug is a specific for the nervous system and the mucous membranes
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