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| Departments » Herbal Medicine » Materia Medica » Eucalyptus globulus |
Note - the monographs are provided for informational purposes only, and are not to be used for self-medication.
Eucalyptus globulus & spp (Eucalyptus)
| Botanic Name | Eucalyptus globulus, (Eucalyptus spp.) |
| Common Name | Eucalyptus,
Blue Gum Tree, Stringy Bark Tree (Grieve)
Tasmanian Blue Gum, Southern Blue Gum (McGuffin) |
| Family | Myrtaceae |
| Parts Used | Leaf (McGuffin)
The oil of the leaves (Grieve) |
| Habitat | Australia. Now North and South Africa, India, and Southern Europe (Grieve) |
| Constituents | Tannins up
to 11% (McGuffin)
Essential Oils (alpha-pinene, p-cymene, eucalyptol) (Wohlmuth) |
| Actions | Antimicrobial
(Hoffmann)
Expectorant (Wohlmuth) Anti-inflammatory (Wohlmuth) Antitussive (Wohlmuth) Anticatarrhal (Wohlmuth) Antifungal, antibacterial (Wohlmuth) Anesthetic (Wohlmuth) Rubefacient (Wohlmuth) Choleretic (Wohlmuth) Hepatotonic (Wohlmuth) CNS-Stimulant (Wohlmuth) Hypotensive (Wohlmuth) Sedative (Wohlmuth) |
| Applications | Pulmonary
Tuberculosis, and other microbic infections of the lungs (Grieve)
Bronchitis (Grieve) Croup and spasmodic throat troubles (topically) (Grieve) Muscular pain (RD) Rheumatism (RD) As an antiseptic gargle (Brockhampton) Inhalant to clear catarrh (Brockhampton) Scarlet Fever, Typhoid and other intermittent fevers (Brockhampton) |
| Body Systems | Respiratory, Musculoskeletal, Cardiovascular, CNS |
| Dosage | Use as an inhalation - No other reference found |
| Combinations | No reference found. |
| C/I Cautions | Contraindicated
in inflammatory diseases of the bile ducts and gastrointestinal
tract and in severe liver disease (McGuffin)
Do not use eucalyptus preparations on areas of the face and especially the nose in infants and young children (McGuffin) Large doses irritate the kidneys (Grieve) Acts as a nervous depressant ultimately arresting respiration by its action on the medullary centre (Grieve) |
| BHP S/I | No reference found. |