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Physician's Materia Medica on White Indian Hemp

WHITE INDIAN HEMP
   The root of ASCLEPIAS INCARNATA, Lin. Diaphoretic, anthel mintic, diuretic, alterative. cardiac tonic; used inchronic catarrh of the stomach and more frequently as a vermifuge.1


References

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