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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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

VERBENAVEHY5
   The whole plant of Verbena hastata,... / ...Linné (Nat. Ord. Verbenaceae). A common wayside and field weed in the United States. Common Names: Vervain, Common Vervain, Wild Hyssop, Simpler’s joy. Principal Constituents.-No satisfactory analys... / ...anemia, instead of congestion, and therefore applicable to conditions contraindicating bromide medication. Its value remains to be established.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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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 Vervain

VERVAINVERBE
   The leaves and flowering tops of VERBENA HASTATA, Lin. Su dorific, nauseant, expectoraut, emmenagogue.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.