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Physician's Materia Medica on Cevadilla
CEVADILLA
The seed of ASAGRAEA OFFICINALIS, (C. & S.) Lindl. Emeto. cathartic, cardiac sedative, but chiefly used externally as a parasiticide. Active principle Veratrine, q. v.1
The seed of ASAGRAEA OFFICINALIS, (C. & S.) Lindl. Emeto. cathartic, cardiac sedative, but chiefly used externally as a parasiticide. Active principle Veratrine, q. v.1
References
1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.