Steinmetz:Ulmus

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Ulmus campestris (and other species)

Also known as (or relevant to) Ulmus campestris (and other species) Family Ulmaceae English Names Common Elm Natural Habitat Central Southern and Eastern Europe North Africa Asia Minor Northern China Japan Part(s) Used Cortex Ulmi campestris Folia Ulmi campestris Flores Ulmi campestris

Constituent(s) leaf: inosit; bark: ulmin (bitter principle) tannin phytosterin resin mucilage lime potash soda starch Action bark leaf: astringent antiscorbutic diuretic stimulant sudorific emollient soothing demulcent tonic depurative febrifuge; flower: nervine tonic astringent

Ulmus fulva

Also known as (or relevant to) Ulmus fulva Family Ulmaceae English Names Slippery Elm American Red Elm Natural Habitat U. S. A. Canada Part(s) Used Cortex Ulmi fulvae (americanus viz. the inner bark)

Constituent(s) mucilage Action emollient diuretic expectorant nutritive vulnerary antiseptic soothing demulcent