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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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 Jersey Tea

CEANOTHUSCEANO
   The root, root-bark, and leaves of Ceanothus americanus, Marshall (Nat. Ord. Rhamnaceae.) A small shrub indigenous to the United States,... / ...rn section, growing in barrens and dry woodlands. Dose, 5 to 20 grains. Common Names: Red Root, New Jersey Tea. Principal Constituents.—Tannin, a volatile oil, resin, ceanothus-red, and a white alkal...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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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 Jersey Tea

JERSEY TEACEHE
   The root of CEANOTHUS AMERICANUS, Lin. Astringent, alterative, antispasmodic. Used in dysentery, in gonorrhea, in syphilitic affections and in chronic bronchitis.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.