Steinmetz:Actaea

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Actaea racemosa

Also known as (or relevant to) Actaea racemosa Cimicifuga racemosa Family Ranuncuiaceae English Names American Black Cohosh Black Snakercot Bugbane American Baneberry Rattle root Squaw root Natural Habitat U. S. A. Canada India (temperate Himalayas) Kashmir China Part(s) Used Radix Cimicifugae = Radix Actaeae racemosae

Constituent(s) cimicifugin (macrotin) racemosin sugar starch gum fat tannic acid gallic acid resins volatile oil wax Action sedative alterative aphrodisiac diuretic sudorific antispasmodic stomachic nervine emmenagogue astringent expectorant It is a specific for St. Vitus'dance

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book

Actaea spicata

Also known as (or relevant to) Actaea spicata Thalictrum rubellum Family Ranuncuiaceae English Names Bane berry Herb-Chrinopher Natural Habitat North- Central and Southern Europe China Asia America Part(s) Used Herba Actaeae spicatae Radix Actaeae spicatae = Radix Christophorianae

Constituent(s) anemonol Action anti-asthmatic antispasmodic nerve-sedative toxic