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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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

ALNUS SERRULATA
   The recent bark of Alnus serrulata,... / ...n (Nat. Ord. Betulaceae). A shrub of the United States east of the Mississippi River. Common Names: Tag Alder, Red Alder, Black Alder, Smooth Alder, Common Alder. Principal Constituents.—Oils, tannin... / ...are best displayed in pustular eczema and recurrent crops of boils. Passive haematuria is sometimes controlled by its astringent action. 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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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 Tag Alder

TAG ALDER
   The bark of ALNUS RUGOSA, (DuRoi) Koch. Astringent. alterative, antiperiodic, in large dos% emetic. Employed in scroiula and other constitutional diseases, in cutaneous affections, in hematuria, etc.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.