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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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

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   The rhizome and rootlets of SPATHYEMA FOETIDA, (L.) Raf. Antispasmodic, stimulant expectorant, mildly narcotic. Used in asthma, hysteria, bronchial affections and in whooping cough.1


References

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