WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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 Kalmia
KALMIA
The leaves of Kalmia latifolia, Linné (Nat. Ord. Ericaceae). A beautiful shrub of mountains and damp situations i...... principle, andromedotoxin (C31H51O10), arbutin, resin, and tannin. Preparation.Specific Medicine Kalmia. Dose, 1 to 20 drops. Specific Indications.Fugitive rheumatic pains; aching pain in the bac......ex from gastro-intestinal irritation; chronic syphilitic cachexia. Action and Therapy.King valued kalmia in constitutional syphilis, with excited heart-action and rapid circulation. Being a sedative...1
The leaves of Kalmia latifolia, Linné (Nat. Ord. Ericaceae). A beautiful shrub of mountains and damp situations i...... principle, andromedotoxin (C31H51O10), arbutin, resin, and tannin. Preparation.Specific Medicine Kalmia. Dose, 1 to 20 drops. Specific Indications.Fugitive rheumatic pains; aching pain in the bac......ex from gastro-intestinal irritation; chronic syphilitic cachexia. Action and Therapy.King valued kalmia in constitutional syphilis, with excited heart-action and rapid circulation. Being a sedative...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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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 Kalmia
MOUNTAIN LAURELKALA
The leaves of KALMIA LATIFOLIA, Lin. A sedative poison. In small doses antipyretic, alterative, anti-syphilitic, cardiac sedative, astringent. Prescribed in febrile conditions, in chronic diarrhea and as a general alterative.2
The leaves of KALMIA LATIFOLIA, Lin. A sedative poison. In small doses antipyretic, alterative, anti-syphilitic, cardiac sedative, astringent. Prescribed in febrile conditions, in chronic diarrhea and as a general alterative.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.