WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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.
Felter's Materia Medica on Buckeye
ÆSCULUS GLABRA
...ndaceae). A small fetid tree common to the central portion of the United States. Common Names: Ohio Buckeye, Smooth Buckeye, Fetid Buc eye. Principal Constituents.The glucoside aesculin (C15 H16 O9)......nstriction of the respiratory tract with spasmodic cough. Action.The dried, powdered fruit of the buckeye causes violent sneezing. Buckeye acts powerfully upon the nervous and circulatory systems. I......these symptoms are increased, coma comes on, and the victim dies. Cattle are often killed by eating buckeyes; if not fatal, a condition known as "blind staggers" is produced. Therapy.Aesculus is sed...1
...ndaceae). A small fetid tree common to the central portion of the United States. Common Names: Ohio Buckeye, Smooth Buckeye, Fetid Buc eye. Principal Constituents.The glucoside aesculin (C15 H16 O9)......nstriction of the respiratory tract with spasmodic cough. Action.The dried, powdered fruit of the buckeye causes violent sneezing. Buckeye acts powerfully upon the nervous and circulatory systems. I......these symptoms are increased, coma comes on, and the victim dies. Cattle are often killed by eating buckeyes; if not fatal, a condition known as "blind staggers" is produced. Therapy.Aesculus is sed...1
WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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 Buckeye
BUCKEYEAESCU
The bark of AEsCULUs GLABRA, Willd. Bitter tonic, antiperio die, in large doses narcotic. Prescribed as a remedy for portal con gestion, for chronic constipation attended with hemorrhoids and for dyspnea.2
The bark of AEsCULUs GLABRA, Willd. Bitter tonic, antiperio die, in large doses narcotic. Prescribed as a remedy for portal con gestion, for chronic constipation attended with hemorrhoids and for dyspnea.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.