- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Coniferae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Southern Europe
- especially Tirol
- Steiermark and in the mountains about Briancon in Dauphine
- Part(s) Used
- Terebinthina Laricina (veneta)
- Cortex Laricis
- Folia Laricis
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- Constituent(s)
- essential oil
- resin-acids
- turpentine
- tannin
- larixin = laricinic acid
- Action
- leaf: anti-rheumatic
- tonic; bark: bitter stomachic
- haemostatic
- astringent
- diuretic
- balsamic
- used in urinary inflammations and in bronchitis; turpentine (Venice turpentine): anti-rheumatic
- antiseptic
- diuretic
- sudorific
- liniment. The leaves exude a saccharine substance (Briancon manna
- called melezitose)
- which has purgative properties
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