- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Ericaceae
- English Names
- American Wintergreen shrub
- Partridge Berry
- Teaberry
- Mountain tea
- Checkerberry
- Natural Habitat
- Part(s) Used
- Folia Gaultheriae
- Oleum Gaultheriae
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- Constituent(s)
- essential oil (containing gaultherin)
- arbutin
- urson
- ericolin
- gallic acid
- tannin
- gum
- sugar
- methyl-salicylate
- mucilage
- Action
- leaf: astringent
- tonic
- stimulant
- antiseptic
- carminative
- diuretic
- emmenagogue
- used in asthma; oil: rubefacient
- anodyne
- P. S. Gaultheria leucocarpa
- a native of Java
- yields a similar oil
- known by the natives as Zantigi badas. - Gaultheria punctata
- also a native of Java
- yields an analogous oil
- known by the natives as Tjatagie-wangi. - Gaultheria fragantissima (Gaultheria fragrans = Arbutus laurifolia)
- a native of India
- Ceylon and Burma
- called Indian Wintergreen and in India Sheaboogi
- is also found in Java and there known as Gandapuro.
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