- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- English Names
- Soapwort
- Soapweed
- Red Soaproot
- Natural Habitat
- Central- and Southern Europe (including Great Britain)
- Asia Minor
- Balkan
- Part(s) Used
- Herba Ssponariae
- Radix Saponariae rubra
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- Constituent(s)
- root: saponin (saporubin)
- saponarin
- gum
- resin
- acids
- mucilage
- Action
- herb: expectorant
- sudorific
- emetic
- laxative
- detergent
- depurative; root: diuretic
- laxative
- irritant
- sudorific
- expectorant
- depurative
- alterative
- stimulant
- sternutatory
- used for washing clothes
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