Steinmetz:Gelsemium

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Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Gelsemium sempervirens

Also known as (or relevant to) Gelsemium sempervirens Gelsemium nitidum Gelsemium lucidum Family Loganiaceae English Names Yellow Jasmin Wild Woodbine Caroline Jasmin Natural Habitat Southern States of Atlantic North America Mexico Part(s) Used Radix Gelsemii semperivrentis

Constituent(s) methyl-aesculin resinous matter fixed oil gelsemine (alkaloid) gelseminic acid gelseminine essential oil resin gum starch Action antispasmodic sudorific sedative anodyne febrifuge nervine (it is a nerve-tonic of great power) antiperiodic toxic. - P. S. This plant is not a true Jasmin