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  1. NLM Digital Collections - C.E. Hobb's botanical hand-book of common local, English, botanical and pharmacopoeial names .... 
    Publication: Boston : Printed by C.C. Roberts, 1876
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101287229
    ... Wild, Dolichos purpureus. Cow herb, Saponaria vaccaria. “ itch, Cowhage, Mucuna pruriens. “ lily, Yellow pond lily, Nuphar advena. “ parsley, Heracleum ... elder or sunflower, Sambucus and Helianthus. Mucuna, U.S. Cowhage, Mucuna pruriens. Muscus, Lichen, see Lichen. Myristica, U.S. Nutmeg, Myristica ...
  2. NLM Digital Collections - Botanic materia medica, or, The physician's guide to the remedies of the botanic kingdom : ... 
    Publication: Boston : John Putnam, printer, 1850
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/61840800R
    ... as a corrective, or to cover their taste. COWHAGE, Mucuna pruriens. Ver. The cowhage acts promptly as a vermifuge, and is a ...
  3. NLM Digital Collections - Emergency food plants and poisonous plants on the islands of the Pacific 
    Publication: Washington : United States Government Printing Office, 1943
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/05710600R
    ... 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 ...
  4. NLM Digital Collections - The essentials of materia medica and therapeutics 
    Publication: New York : Wood, 1865
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/61630490R
    ... U. S. P.] The hairs of the fruit of Mucuna pruriens, Cowhage plant; Lin. Syst., Diadelphia decandria: growing in the ...
  5. NLM Digital Collections - The essentials of materia medica and therapeutics 
    Publication: New York : Wood, 1865
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101517336
    ... U. S. P.] The hairs of the fruit of Mucuna pruriens, Cowhage plant; Lin. Syst., Diadelphia decandria: growing in the ...
  6. NLM Digital Collections - Gunn's new family physician, or, Home book of health : forming a complete household guide, ... 
    Publication: Cincinnati : Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin, 1867
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/0140313
    ... 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 ...
  7. NLM Digital Collections - The reformed botanic and Indian physician : a complete guide to health 
    Publication: Utica, N.Y. : Curtiss & White, printers, 1855
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/61820150R
    ... tea is good for Colds, Coughs, and Obstructions. COWHAGE, [Mucuna Pruriens,]—A powerful Vermifuge; effectual in Expelling Worms. CLOVES, [ ...
  8. NLM Digital Collections - Chemistry, general, medical, and pharmaceutical : including the chemistry of the U.S. ... 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Lea Brothers & Co., 1899
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101619228
    ... hairs of the pod of kiwach (Hindustani) or cowhage (Mucuna pruriens) (P. I.) are almost the only other medicine ( ...
  9. NLM Digital Collections - Encyclopedia of health and home: a domestic guide to health, wealth and happiness : thorough .... 
    Publication: New York : I.N. Reed & Co., 1880
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/63611140RX2
    ... common cotton of commerce. Cotton-Plant. COWHAGE. 267 COWHAGE (Mucuna Pruriens). Part used—The hairs of the pods and ...
  10. NLM Digital Collections - Johnson's family physician : from the ablest medical authorities, giving numerous and ... 
    Publication: New York : Johnson, 1880
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/63580350R
    ... night, followed by cathartics in the morn- | ing. Cowhage (Mucuna pruriens) is less THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN. 123 used than ...
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