WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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 Wafer Ash
PTELEA
The bark of the root of Ptelea trifoliata, Linné (Nat. Ord. Rutaceae). A... / ...shrub of the United States, especially west of the Alleghenies. Dose, 5 to 30 grains. Common Names: Wafer Ash, Shrubby Trefoil, Wing Seed, Hop Tree. Principal Constituents.-Resins, a volatile oil, a b...1
The bark of the root of Ptelea trifoliata, Linné (Nat. Ord. Rutaceae). A... / ...shrub of the United States, especially west of the Alleghenies. Dose, 5 to 30 grains. Common Names: Wafer Ash, Shrubby Trefoil, Wing Seed, Hop Tree. Principal Constituents.-Resins, a volatile oil, a b...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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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 Wafer Ash
WAFER ASH
The bark of the root of PTELEA TRIFOLIATA. Lin. A bitter tonic. peculiarly acceptable to an irritable stomach, with marked analgesic properties; stomachic. antiperiodic. Especially useful in convalescence from acute diseases where digestion is enfeebled.2
The bark of the root of PTELEA TRIFOLIATA. Lin. A bitter tonic. peculiarly acceptable to an irritable stomach, with marked analgesic properties; stomachic. antiperiodic. Especially useful in convalescence from acute diseases where digestion is enfeebled.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.