- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Lauraceae
- English Names
- Laurel tree
- Bay Laurel
- Sweet Laurel tree
- Grecian Laurel
- Sweet Bay
- Natural Habitat
- Greece
- Mediterranean countries
- Italy
- Jugoslavia
- North Africa
- Syria
- Asia Minor
- California
- Part(s) Used
- Fructus Lauri = Baccae Lauri
- Folia Lauri nobilis
- Oleum Lauri aethereum
- Oleum Lauri pingue (expressum)
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- Constituent(s)
- berry: laurostearin
- laurin
- essential oil
- fixed oil
- resin
- starch
- sugar
- bassorin; leaf: essential oil
- fixed oil
- resin
- tannin
- mucilage
- bitter principle
- Action
- berry: anti-hysterical
- nervine
- appetising
- aromatic
- the fresh berries are used in making Oleum Lauri expressum; leaf: stimulant
- stomachic
- carminative
- emetic
- diuretic
- sudorific
- emmenagogue
- antispasmodic
- used for seasoning; essential oil; nervine
- stimulant; fatty oil; used in ointments
- Oleum Lauri aethereum is produced from the leaves and the berries
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