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Physician's Materia Medica on Logwood (hematoxylon)

LOGWOOD (Hematoxylon)
   The heart wood of HAEMATOXYLON CAMPECHIANUM, Lin. A mild astringent, useful in diarrhea, and particularly available as a remedy for children as being not disagreeable in taste.1


References

1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.