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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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

BUCKBEANMENYA
   The leaves of MENYANTHES TRIFOLIATA, Lin. Bitter tonic. alterative, emmenagogue. anthelmintic; in large doses cathartic and emetic. Used in atonic dyspepsia, in chronic cutaneous diseases and in amenorrhea.1


References

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