WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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 Mountain Laurel
KALMIA
The leaves of Kalmia latifolia, Linné (Nat.... / ... Ericaceae). A beautiful shrub of mountains and damp situations in the United States. Common Names: Mountain Laurel, Laurel, Sheep Laurel, Lambkill, etc. Principal Constituents.-A neutral, poisonous p... / ...associated with a syphilitic taint. Kalmia has never obtained a very important place in medicine, though it possesses strongly toxic properties.1
The leaves of Kalmia latifolia, Linné (Nat.... / ... Ericaceae). A beautiful shrub of mountains and damp situations in the United States. Common Names: Mountain Laurel, Laurel, Sheep Laurel, Lambkill, etc. Principal Constituents.-A neutral, poisonous p... / ...associated with a syphilitic taint. Kalmia has never obtained a very important place in medicine, though it possesses strongly toxic properties.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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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 Mountain Laurel
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.