Steinmetz:Aristolochia

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Aristolochia clematitis

Also known as (or relevant to) Aristolochia clematitis Aristolochia longa Family Aristolochiaceae English Names Birthwort Long Aristolochy Natural Habitat Central and Southern Europe Caucasus Asia Minor Part(s) Used Herba Aristolochiae longae vulgaris Radix Aristolochiae longae vulgaris = Rhizoma Clematitis

Constituent(s) aristolochin essential oil clematitin (bitter principle) tannin sugar starch colouring matter resin Action herb: vulnerary; root: vulnerary stimulant depurative aromatic toxic in continuous use. It is an excellent drug for promoting the necessary evacuations after delivery

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book

Aristolochia cymbifera

Also known as (or relevant to) Aristolochia cymbifera Family Aristolochiaceae English Names Jarinha Natural Habitat Brazil Paraguay Part(s) Used Radix Aristolochiae cymbiferae

Constituent(s) essential oil bitter principle Action emmenagogue stimulant

Aristolochia reticulata

Also known as (or relevant to) Aristolochia reticulata Family Aristolochiaceae English Names Red River Snake root Texan Snake root Texan Serpentary Natural Habitat Louisiana Arkansas (North America) Part(s) Used Radix

Action sudorific stimulant tonic anodyne antispasmodic nervine febrifuge (especially in typhoid fever when Cinchona bark does not agree with the digestive organs) antibilious

Aristolochia rotunda

Also known as (or relevant to) Aristolochia rotunda Family Aristolochiaceae English Names Round Aristolochy Natural Habitat Mediterranean countries Southern Europe Part(s) Used Radix Aristolochiae rotundae verae

Constituent(s) essential oil bitter principle aristolochin Action depurative stimulant

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book

Aristolochia serpentaria

Also known as (or relevant to) Aristolochia serpentaria Family Aristolochiaceae English Names Virginian Snake root Serpentary Texan (Red River) Snake root Natural Habitat Central- and South- Western parts of U. S. A. Part(s) Used Radix Serpentariae virginianae

Constituent(s) volatile oil gum resin albumen starch aristolochin (bitter principle) Action stimulating tonic diuretic sudorific sedative for the genital nerves alterative emmenagogue gastric stimulant cardiac stimulant

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book