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Physician's Materia Medica on White Pond Lily
WHITE POND LILY
The rhizome of CASTALIA ODONATA, (Dry.) Woody. & Wood. Astringent. demulcent, alterative, anodyne; used in passive fluxes in scrofulous and in bronchial affections; topically as astringent gargle, wash or injection.1
The rhizome of CASTALIA ODONATA, (Dry.) Woody. & Wood. Astringent. demulcent, alterative, anodyne; used in passive fluxes in scrofulous and in bronchial affections; topically as astringent gargle, wash or injection.1
YELLOW POND LILY
The rhizome of NYMPHAEA ADVENA. Solander. Astringent. demulcent, alterative; used in the same manner as White Pond Lily, q. v.1
The rhizome of NYMPHAEA ADVENA. Solander. Astringent. demulcent, alterative; used in the same manner as White Pond Lily, q. v.1
References
1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.