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Felter's Materia Medica on Asclepias Tuberosa
ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA
The root of Asclepias tuberosa, Linné (Nat. Ord. Asclepiadaceae). United States and Canada. Dose, 5 to 60 grains. Common Names: Pleurisy Root, Butterfly Weed, Orange Swallow-wort. Principal... / The root of Asclepias tuberosa, Linné (Nat. Ord. Asclepiadaceae). United States and Canada. Dose, 5 to 60 grain... / ...doses of asclepias are helpful. It renders a similar service in dry, non-spasmodic asthma. The dose for these purposes should be about 5 drops of the specific medicine. Asclepias is an admira1
The root of Asclepias tuberosa, Linné (Nat. Ord. Asclepiadaceae). United States and Canada. Dose, 5 to 60 grains. Common Names: Pleurisy Root, Butterfly Weed, Orange Swallow-wort. Principal... / The root of Asclepias tuberosa, Linné (Nat. Ord. Asclepiadaceae). United States and Canada. Dose, 5 to 60 grain... / ...doses of asclepias are helpful. It renders a similar service in dry, non-spasmodic asthma. The dose for these purposes should be about 5 drops of the specific medicine. Asclepias is an admira1
WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.
Physician's Materia Medica on Asclepias Tuberosa
PLEURISY ROOT (Asclepias)
The root of ASCLEPIAS TUBEROsA, Lin. Diaphoretic, expec torant, carminative, antipyretic; in large doses emetic and cathartic. Prescribed in the formative stage of fevers, in coryza and acute nasal catarrh of infants, in colliquative sweats of phthisis, in pleurodynia, intercostal neuralgia and rheumatism.2
The root of ASCLEPIAS TUBEROsA, Lin. Diaphoretic, expec torant, carminative, antipyretic; in large doses emetic and cathartic. Prescribed in the formative stage of fevers, in coryza and acute nasal catarrh of infants, in colliquative sweats of phthisis, in pleurodynia, intercostal neuralgia and rheumatism.2
References
1) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.
2) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.