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Felter's Materia Medica on Life Root
SENECIO
The whole plant of Senecio aureus, Linné (Nat. Ord. Compositae).... / ...orthern and western parts of the United States. Dose, 5 to 60 grains. Common Names: Golden Senecio, Life Root, Ragwort, Female Regulator, etc. Principal Constituents.—Probably an acrid resin and a bi... / ...urination. The dose of specific medicine senecio, the best preparation of it, is from five to sixty drops in water, three or four times a day.1
The whole plant of Senecio aureus, Linné (Nat. Ord. Compositae).... / ...orthern and western parts of the United States. Dose, 5 to 60 grains. Common Names: Golden Senecio, Life Root, Ragwort, Female Regulator, etc. Principal Constituents.—Probably an acrid resin and a bi... / ...urination. The dose of specific medicine senecio, the best preparation of it, is from five to sixty drops in water, three or four times a day.1
References
1) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.