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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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

OENOTHERA
   The whole plant of Oenothera biennis, LinnĂ© (Nat. Ord.... / ...graceae). A common plant in waste places in the United States. Dose, 5 to 60 grains. Common Names; Evening Primrose, Tree Primrose. Principal Constituents.-Tannin and an abundance of mucilage; also po... / ...fullness and torpor in women. Undoubtedly it does relieve the desire to frequently pass urine and has been used after gonorrhea for this purpose.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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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 Vening Primrose

EVENING PRIMROSEOENOT
   The flowering tops of ONAURA BIENNIS, (L.) Scop. Mildly as tringent. mucilaginous, antispasmodic, nervine. Has been used in diarrhea and asthma. and locally in infantile eruptions.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.