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Felter's Materia Medica on Viscum
VISCUM
The leaves and branches of Viscum flavescens, Pursh (Nat. Ord. Loranthaceae).... / The leaves and branches of Viscum flavescens, Pursh (Nat. Ord. Loranthaceae). A parasitic plant found upon forest trees, especi......ion, with cardiac hypertrophy, valvular insufficiency and shortness of breath. Action and Therapy.Viscum has toxic properties. Vomiting and bloody and tenesmic catharsis, prostration, contraction of... / ...Specific Indications, and even in these it needs further study.1
The leaves and branches of Viscum flavescens, Pursh (Nat. Ord. Loranthaceae).... / The leaves and branches of Viscum flavescens, Pursh (Nat. Ord. Loranthaceae). A parasitic plant found upon forest trees, especi......ion, with cardiac hypertrophy, valvular insufficiency and shortness of breath. Action and Therapy.Viscum has toxic properties. Vomiting and bloody and tenesmic catharsis, prostration, contraction of... / ...Specific Indications, and even in these it needs further study.1
References
1) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.