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Physician's Materia Medica on Cinnamon. Saigon

CINNAMON. SAIGON
   The barkpf an undetermined species of CINNAMOMUM. Highly aromatic and somewhat astringent. Prescribed as a carminative and for its specific action in passive menorrhagia and metrorrhagia. As a rule the Saigon Cinnamon is considerably stronger than Cassia, q. v.1


References

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