Can someone tell me what the chemist calls "witch hazel".?

Question

I am trying to get some witch hazel astringent in Pakistan and dont know the urdu/hindi term that is used for it...please help!!!!!!!

Answer 1

you could use this scintific term to explain....it is like a plant....like aloevera....used to cure acne....


Witch-hazel (Hamamelis) is a genus of four species of flowering plants in the family Hamamelidaceae, with two species in North America (H. virginiana and H. vernalis), and one each in Japan (H. japonica) and China (H. mollis).

They are deciduous shrubs or (rarely) small trees growing to 3-8 m tall, rarely to 12 m tall. The leaves are alternately arranged, oval, 4-16 cm long and 3-11 cm broad, with a smooth or wavy margin. The flowers are produced on the leafless stems in winter, each flower with four slender strap-shaped petals 1-2 cm long, pale to dark yellow, orange, or red. The fruit is a two-parted capsule 1 cm long, containing a single 5 mm glossy black seed in each of the two parts; the capsule splits explosively at maturity in the autumn about 8 months after flowering; the seeds are ejected with sufficient force to fly for distances of up to 10 m.

Hamamelis species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Feathered Thorn.

The name Witch has its origins in Middle English wiche, from the Old English wice, meaning "pliant" or "bendable". Hazel is derived from the use of the twigs as divining rods, just as hazel twigs were used in England.

Answer 2

Meaning Of Witch Hazel

Answer 3

The witch hazel industry is still centered in Connecticut with the E. E. Dickinson Co., the T. N. Dickinson Co., and the American Distilling and Manufacturing Co., producing most of the witch hazel extract sold on the American market. Much of the harvest still comes from the woods of northwestern Connecticut, where landowners contract direct with the distiller. Harvest begins in the autumn. Branches are cut to the ground, but resprout, producing a new harvest in a few years. Portable chippers allow for on site processing. It is then taken to the factories for distillation in stainless-steel vats. The witch hazel is steam distilled for thirty-six hours, then re-heated, condensed then filtered. Alcohol is added as a preservative.

Witch hazel "extract" is a steam distillate of the recently harvested twigs of the shrub, with about 14 percent alcohol added. This is the witch hazel "water" that reaches most pharmacies in America. In Europe, however, a water-alcohol extract of witch hazel twigs and leaves is more commonly used. Witch hazel is also used an astringent ingredient in a wide range of personal care products including deodorants, after shave lotions, cloth wipes, soaps, creams, and other products.

Answer 4

Maybe Hamamelis

also known as:
Winter bloom, striped alder, spotted alder, hazelnut, snapping hazel, pistachio, tobacco wood

Parts Used:leaves, bark

Active Compounds:flavonoids, bitter principle, volatile oil, tannins

http://www.herbco.com/bulk_herbs/Witch-Hazel.php

Plant:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/nwgardens/253011_plant24.html?source=rss

Answer 5

hammamellis. widely used in homoeopathy for varicose veins,Bleeding piles esply.if the bleeding blood is of venous or dark in colour.For any haemmarrhage with dark blood use haemmamalis in 30/200 potency for some time.It is also available in homoeopathic drug stores as an ointment also