... proposed which certainly could not be exhibited with safety. Of mechanical evacuants, the two which have acquired the greatest reputation are cowhage and pulverised tin, zinc, or iron. Cowhage, or the hairs of the pod of mucuna pruriens, has long been reputed as a vermifuge, and ...

... proposed which certainly could not be exhibited with safety. Of mechanical evacuants, the two which have acquired the greatest reputation are cowhage and pulverized tin, zinc, or iron. Cowhage, or the hairs of the pod of mucuna pruriens, has long been reputed as a vermifuge, and ...

... as a corrective, or to cover their taste. COWHAGE, Mucuna pruriens. Ver. The cowhage acts promptly as a vermifuge, and is a ...

... 128 107. Tree nettle (Laportea) 24 129 108. Cowhage (Mucuna pruriens); (Mucuna bipli- cata), (Mucuna cyanosperma) 24 130 109. ... than others. Figure 106.—Tree nettle (Laportea). e. Cowhage (Mucuna pruriens; M. biplicata; M. cyano- spervia).—These vines occur ...

... but little seems, as yet, to be known. Cowhage—(Mucuna Pruriens).—Called also Cowitch. This plant is a native of warm climates, and grows plentifully in the West Indies. It is a sort of ... is the part used. The Cowhage Pods can generally be found in our drug ...

... common cotton of commerce. Cotton-Plant. COWHAGE. 267 COWHAGE (Mucuna Pruriens). Part used—The hairs of the pods and ...

... hairs of the pod of kiwach (Hindustani) or cowhage (Mucuna pruriens) (P. I.) are almost the only other medicine ( ...

... effects of it upon the water. ANTHELMINTICS. 157 cowhage {Mucuna pruriens). This plant was long considered the Dolichos pruriens. ...

... tea is good for Colds, Coughs, and Obstructions. COWHAGE, [Mucuna Pruriens,]—A powerful Vermifuge; effectual in Expelling Worms. CLOVES, [ ...

... U. S. P.] The hairs of the fruit of Mucuna pruriens, Cowhage plant; Lin. Syst., Diadelphia decandria: growing in the ...