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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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

OXYDENDRON
   ...e.) A handsome tree of the eastern third of the United States. Dose, 1 to 60 grains. Common Names: Sourwood, Sourwood Tree, Sorrel Tree. Principal Constituents.—No satisfactory analysis has been mad......ood, Sourwood Tree, Sorrel Tree. Principal Constituents.—No satisfactory analysis has been made of sourwood leaves. Preparations.—1. Specific Medicine Oxydendron. Dose, 1 to 60 minims. 2. Extractum ......rations.—1. Specific Medicine Oxydendron. Dose, 1 to 60 minims. 2. Extractum Oxydendri. Extract of Sourwood. Dose, 3 to 6 grains. Specific Indications.—Anasarca, ascites, and other forms of dropsy; ...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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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 Sourwood

SOURWOODOXYDE
   The leaves of OXYDENDRON ARBOREUM, (L.) DC. An active diuretic, reputed also tonic and refrigerant. Prescribed in dropsy.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.