Top Constituents and Uses of Slippery Elm bark

Top Constituents and Uses of Slippery Elm bark:

                                           Constituents:

·         Mucilage ,which is present in large mucilage cells in the phleom

Uses:

·         Demulcent and Emollient

·         Externally as poultice

·         As jelling agent and nutritive

Top Constituents and Uses of Cinchona bark

Top Constituents and Uses of Cinchona bark:

 

Constituents:

·         Quinoline alkaloids(Quinine, Quinidine, Cinchonine, Cinchonidine)

·         Quinovin glycosides

·         Catechol tannin

Uses:

·         Source of  Quinine and Quinidine

·         Antimalarial (Quinine)

·         Quinidine used in treatment of cardiac fibrillation(auricular fibrillation) as cardiac depressant

·         Astringent

·         Bitter tonic/stomachic (stimulating gastric and appetite )

·         Used in hair preparation

·         Contra indicated during pregnancy

Top Constituents and Uses of Salix bark (Willow bark)

Top Constituents and Uses of Salix bark (Willow bark):

 

Constituents:

·         Glycosides ( salicin)

Uses:

·         Reduce fever (antipyretic)

·         Relieve pain (analgesic)

·         Anti-inflammatory

·         Astringent

Top Constituents and Uses of Quallaia bark (Soap bark)

Top Constituents and Uses of Quallaia bark (Soap bark):

Constituents:

·         10 % Saponin  glycosides ( Guillagic acid and Quallaia- sapotoxin)

Uses:

·         An emulsifying agent

·         Expectorant  as decoction

·         Stimulant

Top Constituents and Uses of Wild Cherry bark

Top Constituents and Uses of Wild Cherry bark:

Constituents:

·         Cyanogenic  glycosides (prunasin)

= (mandelo-nitril-O-glycoside)

Uses:

·         Sedative in irritable cough

·         Tonic

·         Stimulant

·         Improve appetite, digestion and general strength