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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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

VERATRUM VIRIDE
   The dried rhizome and roots of Veratrum viride, Aiton (Nat. Ord. Liliaceae). An indigenous plant of swamps, low grounds, and moist meadows. Dose,... / ... unpoisoned muscle. American hellebore exerts an influence upon the system quite similar to that of White Hellebore (Veratrum album). Veratrine does not represent the action of this plant, which conta... / ...Painted upon boils, felons, carbuncles, abscesses, inflamed acne, cellulitis, and other local inflammations, veratrum wi1

VERATRUM ALBUM
   The rhizome and roots of Veratrum album,... / ...inné (Nat. Ord. Liliaceae). Europe, especially in the Alpine and Pyrenean districts. Common Names: White Hellebore, White Veratrum. Principal Constituents.—Protoveratrine (C32H51NO11), intensely poi... / ...usual form of administration, the dose being a teaspoonful of this mixture every fifteen to thirty minutes. It is not often used in this country.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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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 White Hellebore

WHITE HELLEBORE
   The rhizome and rootlets of VERATRUM ALBUM, Lin. Properties of American Hellebore, q. v.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.