Steinmetz:Achillea

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Achillea millefolium

Also known as (or relevant to) Achillea millefolium Family Compositae English Names Yarrow Mil-foil Natural Habitat Europe North America Siberia Western Himalaya Asia Caucasus Southern Australia New Zealand Part(s) Used Flores Millefolii Herba Millefolii

Constituent(s) achillein (bitter principle) achilleic acid inulin resin tannin gum volatile oil salts mucilage asparagin phytosterin albumen Action flower: stimulant carminative; herb: depurative haemostatic antiscorbutic tonic febrifuge astringent antispasmodic emmenagogue expectorant sudorific stimulant lithontriptic vulnerary anti-haemorrhagic

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book

Achillea moschata

Also known as (or relevant to) Achillea moschata Family Compositae English Names Musk herb Iva herb Natural Habitat Swiss Alps Austria Northern Italy Part(s) Used Flores Achilleae moschatae = Flores Ivae moschatae Herba Achilleae moschatae = Herba Ivae moschatae = Herba Genippi veri Oleum Achilleae moschatae = Oleum Ivae moschatae

Constituent(s) achillein ivain moschatin essential oil bitter principle Action flower: sudorific vulnerary; herb: aromatic (used in the liquor industry for its bitter ingredients)

Achillea nobilis

Also known as (or relevant to) Achillea nobilis Family Compositae English Names Noble-Yarrow Noble Mil-foil Natural Habitat Central Europe Part(s) Used Herba Millefolii nobilis Flores Millefolii nobilis

Constituent(s) same as Achillea millefolium Action used for the same purpose as Achillea millefolium

Achillea ptarmica

Also known as (or relevant to) Achillea ptarmica Family Compositae English Names Sneezewort Savage Bertram Sneezewort-Yarrow Dragon of the woods Natural Habitat Central Europe Russian steppes Part(s) Used Herba Ptarmicae = Herba Pyrethri germanici Radix Ptarmicae = Radix Pyrethri germanici Flores Ptarmicae = Flores Pyrethri germanici

Constituent(s) herb: essential oil tannin resin mucilage; flower: essential oil stereoptin; root: inulin Action herb: tonic haemostatic astringent sternutatory sialagogue; flower: anodyne sternutatory; root: haemostatic sialagogue

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book