WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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 Tape-worm
KAMALA (Mallotus philippiensis)
The glands and hairs from the capsules of Mallotus philippiensis (Lamarck), Müller Arg. (Nat. Ord. Euphorbiaceae). A small Asiatic, African, and... / ...olic preparations act more kindly and uniformly. Its chief use is that of a taenicide expelling the tape-worm entire, but with such force that the head sometimes remains. Full doses of the specific me...1
The glands and hairs from the capsules of Mallotus philippiensis (Lamarck), Müller Arg. (Nat. Ord. Euphorbiaceae). A small Asiatic, African, and... / ...olic preparations act more kindly and uniformly. Its chief use is that of a taenicide expelling the tape-worm entire, but with such force that the head sometimes remains. Full doses of the specific me...1
PEPO (Cucurbita pepo)CUPE
...ish-brown, acrid resin; fatty acids and two proteidsmyosin and vitellin. Specific Indications.Tape-worm; round worm; ardor urinae. Action and Therapy.An emulsion of pumpkin seeds prepared by r......, after preparatory catharsis and fasting, is a safe and often efficient agent for the expulsion of tape-worm. A dose of castor oil should follow the administration of the emulsion. Sometimes oleo-re...1
...ish-brown, acrid resin; fatty acids and two proteidsmyosin and vitellin. Specific Indications.Tape-worm; round worm; ardor urinae. Action and Therapy.An emulsion of pumpkin seeds prepared by r......, after preparatory catharsis and fasting, is a safe and often efficient agent for the expulsion of tape-worm. A dose of castor oil should follow the administration of the emulsion. Sometimes oleo-re...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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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 Therapeutics Memoranda on Tape-worm
TAPE-WORM
The most eficient remedies are pomegranate bark, best the active principle, pelletierine; pumpkin seeds, given in an emulsion, and male fern. especially the oleoresin. This last should be followed by a purgative dose of calomel—not, in any case by castor oil.2
The most eficient remedies are pomegranate bark, best the active principle, pelletierine; pumpkin seeds, given in an emulsion, and male fern. especially the oleoresin. This last should be followed by a purgative dose of calomel—not, in any case by castor oil.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.