Bladder Cherry,
ChineseLantern,Japanese Lantern, Physalis,strychnos halikakabos.
Other varieties:
peruviana,somnifera*,viscosa,Winter
Cherry,Alkegengi officinale,Coqueret,Judenkirsche,Schlutte,Cape
gooseberry,Strawberry Tomato.
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Physalis is a
name from the Greek for bladder (phusa).
Warning!
Somnifera leaves have been found with Egyptian Mummies!
For Gout, take
eight berries at the change of the moon!
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(fruit) Vitamin
C, organic acids,including malic and citric, a bitter substance
physaline ( a yellow, bitter principle),pectinase,glucose,pectin.
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(Fruit, rarely
leaves)
aperient,diuretic,anti-pyretic,mild
sedative,nutritive,laxative,formerly used to treat renal calculi,
rheumatism,arthritis and gout. Fruit eaten fresh and used for
jams.
(Whole Plant)
In diuretic, wine, Lithal,(a fruit extact to which is added
Lithium)
Used after
scarlet fever(folk)
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