Steinmetz:Cydonia

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Cydonia vulgaris

Also known as (or relevant to) Cydonia vulgaris Cydonia oblonga Cydonia maliformis Pirus cydonia Pyrus cydonia (and other species) Family Pomaceae English Names Quince Natural Habitat Southern Europe (especially Spain Portugal) Russia Iran Syria Persia Northern India Cape of Good Hope (South Africa); China Japan: the species Pyrus cathayensis = Chaenomeles Japonica = Cydonia sinensis = Cydonia japonica Part(s) Used Semen Cydoniae Fructus Cydoniae

Constituent(s) amygdalin sugar tannin malic acid pectin proteins fatty oil mucilage Action seed: tonic restorative pectoral demulcent emollient anti-dysenteric astringent. A mucilage of the seed makes an excellent hair fixative; fruit: astringent digestive thirst-relieving diuretic cephalic cardiac demulcent tonic restorative