Steinmetz:Fragaria

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Fragaria silvestris

Also known as (or relevant to) Fragaria silvestris Fragaria moschata Fragaria elatior Family Rosaceae English Names Wild Strawberry Natural Habitat Europe Part(s) Used Folia Fragariae Fructus Fragariae Radix Fragariae

Constituent(s) fruit: volatile oil pectin malic acid citric acid sugar mucilage vitamin C; leaf: potash; root: tannin Action fruit: astringent diuretic whole-some; leaf: used for the same purposes as that of Fragaria vesca; root: diuretic

Fragaria vesca

Also known as (or relevant to) Fragaria vesca Family Rosaceae English Names Strawberry Natural Habitat Northern hemisphere; cultivated in the mountains in the tropics and other parts of the world Part(s) Used Folia Fragariae Radix Fragariae Fructus Fragariae

Constituent(s) leaf: tannin potash phosphoric acid; fruit: cissotannic acid iron citric acid malic acid volatile oil sugar vitamin C; root: tannin Action leaf: diuretic depurative nervine; root: diuretic astringent; fruit: astringent diuretic wholesome nutritive alternative discutient laxative blood-cooling P. S. The variety cultivated in gardens is mostly the Ananas-Strawberry from Surinam