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Felter's Materia Medica on Xanthium Strumarium
XANTHIUM STRUMARIUM
The whole plant of Xanthium strumarium Linné (Nat. Ord. Compositae). Waysides in the United States. Common Name: Broad Bur-Weed. Preparation.Fluidextractrum Xanthii Strumarii,... / The whole plant of Xanthium strumarium Linné (Nat. Ord. Compositae). Waysides in the United States. Common Name: Broad... / ...from the bowels and the epistaxis of purpura hemorrhagica. For the lastnamed disorders it is probably of little value, though it should be tried where other means are unavailing.1
The whole plant of Xanthium strumarium Linné (Nat. Ord. Compositae). Waysides in the United States. Common Name: Broad Bur-Weed. Preparation.Fluidextractrum Xanthii Strumarii,... / The whole plant of Xanthium strumarium Linné (Nat. Ord. Compositae). Waysides in the United States. Common Name: Broad... / ...from the bowels and the epistaxis of purpura hemorrhagica. For the lastnamed disorders it is probably of little value, though it should be tried where other means are unavailing.1
References
1) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.