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Physician's Materia Medica on Water Pepper
WATER PEPPER
The flowering herb of POLYGONUM PUNCTATUM, Ell. Astring ent, detergent, diaphoretic, emmenagogue; locally counter-irritant. Its most important use is in amenorrhea.1
The flowering herb of POLYGONUM PUNCTATUM, Ell. Astring ent, detergent, diaphoretic, emmenagogue; locally counter-irritant. Its most important use is in amenorrhea.1
References
1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.