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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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 Shepherd’s Purse

SHEPHERD’S PURSE
   The flowering herb of BURSA BURSA-PASTORIS, (L.) Brit. Astringent; in hot infusion emmenagogue. Used in diarrhea and other fluxes, also in dysuria.1


References

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