WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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 Jamaica Dogwood
PISCIDIAPISCI
...quin (Nat. Ord. Leguminosae). West Indies and rarely in Florida. Dose, 5 to 60 grains. Common Name: Jamaica Dogwood. Principal Constituent.-The chief active body is piscidin (C29H24O8), a neutral prin......nervous unrest; spasm, pain, and nervous irritability; migraine, neuralgia. Action and Toxicology.Jamaica dogwood controls pain and produces sleep by its narcotic action. It increases salivary and c......ental inflammation, and has been advised locally for the relief of pain in hemorrhoids. Internally. Jamaica dogwood is used to relieve pain, overcome spasm, allay nervous excitability, and produce sle...1
...quin (Nat. Ord. Leguminosae). West Indies and rarely in Florida. Dose, 5 to 60 grains. Common Name: Jamaica Dogwood. Principal Constituent.-The chief active body is piscidin (C29H24O8), a neutral prin......nervous unrest; spasm, pain, and nervous irritability; migraine, neuralgia. Action and Toxicology.Jamaica dogwood controls pain and produces sleep by its narcotic action. It increases salivary and c......ental inflammation, and has been advised locally for the relief of pain in hemorrhoids. Internally. Jamaica dogwood is used to relieve pain, overcome spasm, allay nervous excitability, and produce sle...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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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 Jamaica Dogwood
JAMAICA DOGWOOD
The bark of PISCIDIA PISCIPULA, ( L.) Sarg. Anodyne, hypnotic, diaphoretic, sialagogue, arterial sedative. Prescribed for relief of neuralgic pain, especially ovarian, and for its hypnotic effect. Applied locally as a remedy for toothache.2
The bark of PISCIDIA PISCIPULA, ( L.) Sarg. Anodyne, hypnotic, diaphoretic, sialagogue, arterial sedative. Prescribed for relief of neuralgic pain, especially ovarian, and for its hypnotic effect. Applied locally as a remedy for toothache.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.