- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Primulaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Europe (including Great Britain)
- especially Italy
- Balkan; Eastern Asia
- Part(s) Used
- Flores Primulae officinalis
- Radix Primulae officinalis
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- Constituent(s)
- flower: coumarin
- essential oil
- fatty oil
- saponin
- flavon
- resin; root: essential oil
- tannin
- primula acid (saponin)
- primverin
- primulaverin (primveroside)
- Action
- flower: sudorific
- corroborant
- nervine
- sedative
- expectorant; root: diuretic
- expectorant
- nervine; used as a substitute for Radix Senegae
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