Steinmetz:Mespilus

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Mespilus germanica

Also known as (or relevant to) Mespilus germanica Pyrus germanica Family Rosaceae English Names Medlar tree Natural Habitat Europe (including Great Britain) especially Germany and Netherlands Orient Part(s) Used Folia Mespili Fructus Mespili

Constituent(s) fruit: tannin malic acid citric acid gum pectin mucilage invert-sugar cellulose Action leaf: astringent; fruit: nutritive astringent diuretic tonic alterative blood cooling reducing an enlarged spleen a strong decoction of the unripe fruit is good to stop violent purging; seed: diuretic used against gravel. The fruit is eaten when it is on point of decay.