Prickly Ash
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Botanical Name |
Zanthoxylum americanum |
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Family |
Rutaceae |
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Other Names |
Toothache tree, yellow wood |
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Native to |
Canada, North America |
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Parts used |
Bark, berries |
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Harvesting |
Bark: Spring Berries: late summer |
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Actions |
Alterative, analgesic, anti-diarrhoeal, antipyretic, anti-rheumatic, carminative, diaphoretic, tonic |
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Constituents |
Isoquinoline alkaloids: alpha fagarine, beta fargarine, magnoflorine, laurifoline, nitidine, chelerythrine, tambetarine, candicine Coumarins: xanthyletin, xanthoxyletin, xanthotoxin, alloxanthyletin, isoorientin, cnidilin, dipetalin, psoralin, imperatorin Lignans: sesamin, asarinin Resin, tannin, volatile oil |
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Circulatory muscle joints |
Chilblains, varicose veins |
Prickly Ash Southern
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Botanical Name |
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis |
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Family |
Rutaceae |
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Native to |
Southern North America |
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Parts Used |
Bark, berries |
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Actions |
Analgesic, antirheumatic, antipyretic, carminative, diaphoretic |
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Constituents |
Alkaloids: magnoflorine, laurifoline, nitidine, chelerythrine, tambetarine, N-acetylannonaine, candicine Amides: cinnamamide, herculin, neoherculin Lignans: asarinin, sesamin Coumarins, tannins |