Steinmetz:Sassafras

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Sassafras officinale

Also known as (or relevant to) Sassafras officinale Sassafras variifolium Sassafras albidum Family Lauraceae English Names Sassafras Natural Habitat Eastern U. S. A. and Canada Mexico Part(s) Used Lignum Sassafras Cortex Sassafras Cortex radicis Sassafras Oleum ligni Sassafras

Constituent(s) rootbark: volatile oil (safrol) sassafrid tannin wax gum resin starch sugar mucilage albumen Action wood bark rootbark: sudorific stimulant depurative alterative demulcent diuretic emmenagogue aromatic; oil: flavouring agent stimulant heating anodyne depurative lice destroying antiseptic alterative