WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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 Haematoxylon
HAEMATOXYLON
The heart-wood of Haematoxylon campechianum, Linné (Nat. Ord. Leguminoseae). Jamaica and the West Indies. Common Name: Logwood. Principal Constituents.Tannin and haematoxylin, an... / The heart-wood of Haematoxylon campechianum, Linné (Nat. Ord. Leguminoseae). Jamaica and the West Indies. Common Name... / ...unirritating astringent and tonic formerly much used in chronic diarrhoea and summer complaint of children, and in passive hemorrhages, and colliquative sweats. It is now seldom employed.1
The heart-wood of Haematoxylon campechianum, Linné (Nat. Ord. Leguminoseae). Jamaica and the West Indies. Common Name: Logwood. Principal Constituents.Tannin and haematoxylin, an... / The heart-wood of Haematoxylon campechianum, Linné (Nat. Ord. Leguminoseae). Jamaica and the West Indies. Common Name... / ...unirritating astringent and tonic formerly much used in chronic diarrhoea and summer complaint of children, and in passive hemorrhages, and colliquative sweats. It is now seldom employed.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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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 Haematoxylon
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.2
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.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.