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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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

TWIN LEAF
   The rhizomeof JEFFERSONIA DIPHYLLA, (L.) Pers. Antispas modic, expectorant, diaphoretic, alterative. Used in chronic rheu. matism and syphilis, in spasmodic affections and as a gargle in ulcerated sore throat.1


References

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