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Physician's Materia Medica on Black Hellebore

BLACK HELLEBOREHENI6
   The rhizome of HELLEBORUs NIean, Lin. Hydragogue cathar tic, emmenagogue, anthelmintic. In large doses an irritant poison. Used chiefly for its emmenagogue action.1


References

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