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Felter's Materia Medica on Cypripedium
CYPRIPEDIUMCYAL10
The rhizome and rootlets of Cypripedium pubescens, Swartz; and of Cypripedium parviflorum, Salisbury. (Nat. Ord. Orchidaceae.) R......in and gallic acids, a volatile acid, resins, and inorganic salts. Preparation.Specific Medicine Cypripedium. Dose, 5 to 60 drops. Specific Indications.Insomnia, nervous irritability, neuralgia a......at the climacteric; mental depression from sexual abuse. Action and Therapy.All of the species of Cypripedium resemble valerian in their effects. They are excellent nerve stimulants for weak women a...1
The rhizome and rootlets of Cypripedium pubescens, Swartz; and of Cypripedium parviflorum, Salisbury. (Nat. Ord. Orchidaceae.) R......in and gallic acids, a volatile acid, resins, and inorganic salts. Preparation.Specific Medicine Cypripedium. Dose, 5 to 60 drops. Specific Indications.Insomnia, nervous irritability, neuralgia a......at the climacteric; mental depression from sexual abuse. Action and Therapy.All of the species of Cypripedium resemble valerian in their effects. They are excellent nerve stimulants for weak women a...1
LAVANDULALAIN12
The flowers of Lavandula vera, De Candolle (Nat. Ord. Labiatae). Dry sterile soils of mountainous elevations in southern Europe and northern Africa; cultivated in the United... / ...re in nervous irritability in children, and incorporated it in a soothing syrup described under Cypripedium, which see.1
The flowers of Lavandula vera, De Candolle (Nat. Ord. Labiatae). Dry sterile soils of mountainous elevations in southern Europe and northern Africa; cultivated in the United... / ...re in nervous irritability in children, and incorporated it in a soothing syrup described under Cypripedium, which see.1
References
1) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.