Steinmetz:Viscum

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Viscum album

Also known as (or relevant to) Viscum album Family Loranthaceae English Names Mistletoe Natural Habitat Europe (including Great Britain) Italy Hungary Balkan India (temperate Himalayas) Persia Part(s) Used Herba Visci albi

Constituent(s) viscin saponin resin starch sugar fat acids cholin acetylcholin xanthophyll. In the berries: inosit Action styptic astringent emetic antispasmodic diuretic tonic narcotic reducing blood pressure nervine. P. S. This plant is a parasitic on many trees especially oaks beeches birches

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book