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Physician's Materia Medica on Canada Snake-root
CANADA SNAKE-ROOT
The root of APOCYNUM CANNABINUM, Lin. Emetic, cathartic. diuretic, diaphoretic, expectorant. Used chiefly for its diuretic action in albuminuria and dropsy, occasionally as an antiperiodic.1
The root of APOCYNUM CANNABINUM, Lin. Emetic, cathartic. diuretic, diaphoretic, expectorant. Used chiefly for its diuretic action in albuminuria and dropsy, occasionally as an antiperiodic.1
References
1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.