| 单词 | simarouba bark |
| 释义 | > as lemmassimarouba bark 1. The bark of the root of a tropical American tree of the genus Simarouba (more fully simarouba bark); a bitter tonic made from this, used esp. as a treatment for dysentery and diarrhoea. Now rare and chiefly historical.The main biologically active compounds found in this bark are quassinoids. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > astringent or restringent preparations > [noun] > plant-derived sumac?a1350 hypocistisa1425 balausty?1541 red sanders1553 balaustine1671 simarouba1733 hypocist1751 kino1788 witch hazel1844 tannigen1898 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > tonic > plant-derived hypocistisa1425 red sanders1553 sarsaparilla1577 langue de boeuf1615 sarsa1625 zerumbet1640 Winter's cinnamon1673 cascarilla1686 Winteran bark1694 simarouba1733 hypocist1751 Oswego tea1752 yellowroot1755 calumba1789 pipsissewa1793 prince's pine1807 strychnine1819 strychnia1823 false Winter's bark1830 strychnina1838 musk root1844 sumbul root1844 chirayta1847 Cusparia1852 phytin1905 boldo1908 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > non-British medicinal trees or shrubs > quassias > wood, bark, or root of simarouba1733 quassia1784 quassia bark1785 quassia wood1787 1733 Philos. Trans. 1731–2 (Royal Soc.) 37 385 Dr. de Jussieu's Memoire, about the present Disgrace of Ipecacuanha in France, and the Method he proposes for redressing its Defects by Simarouba, a Root brought from Cayen in America. 1789 W. Cullen Treat. Materia Medica II. 75 My account of the effect of bitters in the dysentery will perhaps explain the virtues ascribed to simaruba. 1821 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (ed. 2) ii. 40 Simarouba Bark, is the Bark of the root of a species of Birch-tree, not yet sufficiently described. 1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. xviii. 312 Boil half an ounce of simaruba in a pint and a half of water. 1931 M. Grieve Mod. Herbal II. 741 Simaruba root-bark contains a bitter principle identical with quassin. 2005 L. Taylor Healing Power Rainforest Herbs 422 Simarouba's traditional uses for dysentery and malaria have been validated by laboratory studies and clinical research. < as lemmas |
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