Steinmetz:Althaea
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 8 June 2009
[edit] Althaea officinalis
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Malvaceae
- English Names
- Marshmallow
- Mallards
- Cheeses
- Schloss Tea
- Natural Habitat
- Europe (including Great Britain
- especially Central Europe)
- Balkan
- Russia
- Western Asia
- Northern Asia
- India
- New York (salt marshes)
- Part(s) Used
- Flores Althaeae
- Folia Althaeae
- Radix Althaeae
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- Constituent(s)
- flower: sugar
- mucilage
- starch
- fatty oil
- betaine; leaf: mucilage
- volatile oil
- acids
- betaine; root: althaein (asparagin)
- betaine
- starch
- mucilage
- pectin
- enzymes
- sugar
- fatty oil
- albumen
- minerals
- salts
- lecithin
- Action
- emollient
- demulcent
- pectoral
- mucilaginous
- anti-inflammatory
- used in catarrh of the respiratory organs and of the intestines
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[edit] Althaea rosea
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Malvaceae
- English Names
- Rose-Mallow
- Hollyhock
- Garden Mallow
- Natural Habitat
- China
- Europe (including Great Britain)
- Balkan
- Asia Minor
- Part(s) Used
- Flores Malvae arboreae
- Radix Malvae arboreae
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- Constituent(s)
- flower: mucilage
- tannin
- albumen
- starch
- resin
- pectin
- althein (colouring matter)
- Action
- flower: emollient
- demulcent
- diuretic
- expectorant
- mucilaginous
- colouring agent for wine etc.; root: diuretic
- mucilaginous
- astringent
- demulcent
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