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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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

Physician's Materia Medica on Benne

BENNE
   The leaves of SESAMUM INDICUM, Lin. Mucilaginous, emol lient, vulnerary. Used in cholera infantum, dysentery, etc.1

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   The bark of CROTON ELUTERIA (L.) Bennett. Aromatic, sto machic, iebrifué’e, galactagogue; chiefly used in atonic dyspepsia, especially when flatulence is a prominent symptom.1


References

1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.