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Physician's Materia Medica on Senega
SENEGA
The root of POLYGALA SENEGA, Lin. Stimulant expectorant, diuretic, emmenagogue; in large doses emetic and cathartic. A valuable remedy in typhoid pneumonia, in chronic bronchitis with profuse expectoration and in the secondarv stages of spasmodic croup; used also in amenorrhea.1
The root of POLYGALA SENEGA, Lin. Stimulant expectorant, diuretic, emmenagogue; in large doses emetic and cathartic. A valuable remedy in typhoid pneumonia, in chronic bronchitis with profuse expectoration and in the secondarv stages of spasmodic croup; used also in amenorrhea.1
SOAP-TREE (Quillaja)
The bark of QUILLAJA SAPONARIA, Mol. Stimulant expectorant resembling Senega, alterative, detergent; used chiefly as an emulsifier.1
The bark of QUILLAJA SAPONARIA, Mol. Stimulant expectorant resembling Senega, alterative, detergent; used chiefly as an emulsifier.1
References
1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.