WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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 Nettle
IMPATIENS
The plants Impatiens pallida, Nuttall; and Impatiens capensis, Meerb., (Nat. Ord. Balsaminaceae). Moist shady places and rich soils in the United... / ...itis of rhus poisoning if used early. It also quickly relieves the intolerable stinging produced by nettles. As these plants usually grow contiguously the balsam can be procured and applied at once. T... / ...symptoms is concerned, is unquestioned, but so far we are skeptical concerning its power to destroy the tubercle bacillus within the body.1
The plants Impatiens pallida, Nuttall; and Impatiens capensis, Meerb., (Nat. Ord. Balsaminaceae). Moist shady places and rich soils in the United... / ...itis of rhus poisoning if used early. It also quickly relieves the intolerable stinging produced by nettles. As these plants usually grow contiguously the balsam can be procured and applied at once. T... / ...symptoms is concerned, is unquestioned, but so far we are skeptical concerning its power to destroy the tubercle bacillus within the body.1
SOLANUM CAROLINENSE
The root and fruit of Solanum Carolinense, Linné (Nat. Ord. Solanaceae).... / ... places and fields in eastern half of the United States. Dose, 10 to 30 grains. Common Names: Horse-Nettle, Bull-Nettle, Sand Brier, Treadsoft. Principal Constituents.Solanine, solanidine, solanic a... / ...but not with marked benefit. We have found it a good modifier of the paroxysms of whooping cough. Altogether its virtues are much overrated.1
The root and fruit of Solanum Carolinense, Linné (Nat. Ord. Solanaceae).... / ... places and fields in eastern half of the United States. Dose, 10 to 30 grains. Common Names: Horse-Nettle, Bull-Nettle, Sand Brier, Treadsoft. Principal Constituents.Solanine, solanidine, solanic a... / ...but not with marked benefit. We have found it a good modifier of the paroxysms of whooping cough. Altogether its virtues are much overrated.1
URTICA
...Nat. Ord. Urticaceae). Common in Europe and the United States. Dose, 20 to 40 grains. Common Names: Nettle, Stinging Nettle. Principal Constituents.A volatile oil, tannic and gallic acids, and proba......th eructations and vomiting; eczema of infants. Action and Therapy.External. Contact with growing nettle produces an intense stinging, probably due to an unorganized ferment in the hairs of the plan...1
...Nat. Ord. Urticaceae). Common in Europe and the United States. Dose, 20 to 40 grains. Common Names: Nettle, Stinging Nettle. Principal Constituents.A volatile oil, tannic and gallic acids, and proba......th eructations and vomiting; eczema of infants. Action and Therapy.External. Contact with growing nettle produces an intense stinging, probably due to an unorganized ferment in the hairs of the plan...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 Nettle
HORSE NETTLE
The fruit, also the root of SOLANUM CAROLINENsE, Lin. spasmodic, narcotic, diuretic. Useful particularly in epilepsy.2
The fruit, also the root of SOLANUM CAROLINENsE, Lin. spasmodic, narcotic, diuretic. Useful particularly in epilepsy.2
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 Therapeutics Memoranda on Nettle
EPILEPSY
During the seizure, amyl nitrite is the remedy most likely to be of service; chloroform must be used, if at all,... / ...l doses must be used instead of the bromide. Other remedies of im portance are belladonna (combined with bromides), cannabis indica, digitalis, horse-nettle and chloral hydrate. In children, ascertain whether the irritation is due to worms and treat accordingly.2
During the seizure, amyl nitrite is the remedy most likely to be of service; chloroform must be used, if at all,... / ...l doses must be used instead of the bromide. Other remedies of im portance are belladonna (combined with bromides), cannabis indica, digitalis, horse-nettle and chloral hydrate. In children, ascertain whether the irritation is due to worms and treat accordingly.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.