| Plant names |
| Hippocastanaceae |
| English |
Horse-chestnut, Buckeye, Common Horse Chestnut, Conker, Spanish Chestnut, White Chestnut |
| Latin |
Aesculus hippocastanum Linne, Hippocastanum aesculus Cav., Hippocastanum vulgare Gaertn |
| Plant parts | Flower / Blossom, Fruit, Leaf, Rind / Bark / Cortex, Seed |
| Diseases & Uses |
| Diseases |
Aids digestion, Alterative, Antibacterial, Antichilblain, Anticonvulsant, Antidiarrheic, Antidysenteric, Antiedemic, Antigout, Antihemorrhagic, Antiinflammatory, Antineuralgic, AntiOxidant, Antipyretic, AntiRheumatic, Astringent, Blocked veins, Blood cleanser, Bronchitis, care of the skin, cholesterol in blood vessels, circulation problems, clotting of blood vessels, Common cold, cough, Diabetes mellitus, digestive disturbance, discharge, diuretic, dropsy, embolus, enteritis, expectorant, fever, frost damage, hemorrhoids, hypertrophy of prostate, inflammation, internal bleeding, itch, leg sore, Liver diseases, malaria, Muscular sclerosis, Narrows blood vessels, Pain, Pickmeup, Rashes, rheumatic diseases, sciatica, Sprains, stimulates blood circulation, Tonic, varicose ulcers, varicose veins, Whooping cough, wound healing |
| Homoeopathically uses |
homoeopathically use, blocked veins, circulatory disorders, frost damage, haemorrhoids, varicose veins |
| Warnings |
No folk medical use |
| Foods |
coffee substitute |
| Other uses |
Anthelmintics, colouring, dye in cosmetics, Narcotic, soap, Used in Bachs Flower Remedies |
| Contents |
| | (-)-Epicatechin, (+)-Catechin, 1,8-Cineol, 3-Methyl-Butan-1-Al, 6,7-Dihydroxycoumarin, Acetic acid, Adenine, Adenosine, aescin, Aesculin, allantoin, Alpha-aescin, Alpha-Carotene, Alpha-Pinene, Amino acid, angelic acid, arginine, ascorbic acid, Ash, Astragalin, benz-Aldehyde, Beta-aescin, Beta-Amyrin, Beta-Caryophyllene, Beta-Pinene, Beta-Sitosterol, bitter essence, Butyl acetate, Campesterol, Camphene, Campherol, camphorated oil, Carbohydrates, Carotene, catechol tannine, Cholesterol, Choline, citric acid, coumarin, coumarin glycoside, cyanidin, Decan-1-Ol, Dyes, Epicatechin, Ergosterol, Esculetin, Esculin, Fat, flavo-Glycoside, Flavone, flavonoid, fraxin, Friedelin, Galactose, Geraniol, glucose, Glucoside, Glucuronic-Acid, Guanine, Histidine, Isoquercetin, isoquercitrin, Isorhamnetin, Lauric-Acid, Leucocyanidin, Leucodelphinidin, limonene, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, Myristic-Acid, Nonan-1-Al, Oleic-Acid, Oligomeric proanthocyanidins, Organic acids, Palmitic acid, Pectin, Phytosterol, Proanthocyanidin, Procyanidin-E, Proteins, Quercetin, Quercitrin, Quinone, resin, rutin, saccharose, Saponins, Scopoletin, Serine, sitosterol, starch, Stearic acid, Steroids, Stigmasterol, sugar, Tannic acid, tannin, Tanning agents, Taraxerol, Triterpene saponine, Triterpene-Glycosides, Uric-Acid, vitamin, Vitamin-K1, Water, Xylose |
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