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  1. NLM Digital Collections - The practice of medicine, according to the plan most approved by the reformed or botanic ... 
    Publication: Mt. Vernon [Ohio] : Published by the author, printed by E.J. Ellis, 1847
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101250104
    ... in a pint of water, and drank freely. ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA. Pleurisy Root, White Root, Swallow Wort, fyc. Sexual System— ... blossoms in July. Medical properties and uses.—The asclepias tuberosa is ... in pleurisies, inflammation of the lungs, and other pectoral inflammatory- ...
  2. NLM Digital Collections - The American practice condensed, or The family physician : being the scientific system of ... 
    Publication: New York : Published and for sale by James M'Alister, 1847
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101485229
    ... of Wash- ington) attached, .... FIGURES OF PLANTS. 1. Pleurisy-root, Asclepias Tuberosa, 642 2. Chamomile, Anthemis Nobilis, . ib. 4. Aloe, ... and difficulty of expectoration, givei the following infusion : Pleurisy root, (asclepias tuberosa,) half an ounce ; bruise, and add one pint ...
  3. NLM Digital Collections - A materia medica, of the United States : systematically arranged 
    Publication: Baltimore : Lovegrove, 1827
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/61850220R
    ... articles of this class are recom- mended. 183 Asclepias Tuberosa, Pleurisy-root, Pentand. Digyn. Radix. This species of asclepias ... using it in the form of decoction. 201 Asclepias Tuberosa, Pleurisy-root, Ptntand. Digy. Radix. We have perhaps, no ...
  4. NLM Digital Collections - The sick man's friend : being a plain, practical medical work, on vegetable or botanical ... 
    Publication: Boston : Johnson, 1844
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/64230310R
    ... Citrus Aurantiora Orange Root Olive Oil, Olea Europsea Pleurisy Root.Asclepias Tuberosa 36 Pepper Turnip Parsley, Apiurn Petroselinum Peruvian Bark, ... Pulmonalis. They have been thought by some distin- ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA. PLEURISY ROOT. MEDICAL BOTANY. 39 guished physicians to equal, ...
  5. NLM Digital Collections - The American practice of medicine: being a treatise on the character, causes, symptoms, ... 
    Publication: New York : Betts & Anstice, 1833
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/64210120RX3
    ... 23 23 23 Smith's Colic Powder. Take of Pleurisy root, (asclepias tuberosa,) - - 13 Cayenne pepper, (capsicum an.) - - - 13 Pulverize, and ... root, (sang, canad.,) - - - - 13 Lobelia, (lobelia inflata,).....13 Pleurisy root, (asclepias tuberosa,) - - - 23 Wine, or metheglin, .... 3 pints. Let it ...
  6. NLM Digital Collections - The practice of medicine 
    Publication: Chicago : Gross and Delbridge, 1895, c1894
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101304967
    ... the 6th. I usually use the 2x in pleurisy. Asclepias tuberosa got its common name " pleurisy root " from its use by the country people ...
  7. NLM Digital Collections - An improved system of botanic medicine: founded upon correct physiological principles : ... 
    Publication: Columbus, Ohio : Published by the author, 1833
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/2558003RX2
    ... febrile and inflammatory action. As an auxiliary the Asclepias Tuberosa, (pleurisy root) or Eupatorium Perfoliatum (bone-set or thorough- ... Honey- bloom, Fly-trap. See page 216. 408 ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA. Pleurisy-root, Butterfly, White-root, Canada-root, Silkweed, Wind- ...
  8. 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
    ... Cleansing the Blood. ROOTS, HERBS, AND FLOWERS. 77 PLEURISY ROOT, [Asclepias tuberosa,]—Beneficial in Pleurisy, Colics, and all Flatulent disorders. PLANTAIN LEAVES, [Plautago ...
  9. NLM Digital Collections - An epitome of the American eclectic practice of medicine, surgery, obstetrics, diseases of ... 
    Publication: Philadelphia : John Gladding, 1859
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/64230010R
    ... or two grains. Tincture, twenty or thirty drops. Asclepias Tuberosa, (Pleurisy Root.) A valuable diapho- retic. An infusion drank ... seeds of skunk cabbage, sanguina- ria, colts' foot, asclepias tuberosa or pleurisy root, equal parts, one ounce; alcohol, three pints. ...
  10. NLM Digital Collections - The American practice condensed, or The family physician : being the scientific system of ... 
    Publication: New York : Published and for sale by James M'Alister, 1848
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101485230
    ... of Wash- ington) attached, .... FIGURES OF PLANTS. 1. Pleurisy-root, Asclepias Tuberosa, 642 2. Chamomile, Anthemis Nobilis, . ib. 4. Aloe, ... il Minerals. 11th. Medicinal Earthy Substances. No. 1. Pleurisy-root. (Asclepias Tuberosa.) The Root. common Names.—Orange Swallow-wort, Pletjrist- ...
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