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Veronica (Speedwell)

Contra-Indications

In larger doses it acts as a drastic purgative and may cause vertigo and bleeding.

Veronica virginica L

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Veronica
Names	History	Constituents	Uses

veronicastrum	Its' botanical name	Gum;	Purgative;
Culvers' Root	(Veronicastrum) is	resin;	emetic;
Veronica virginica L	derived from St. Veronica .	a phytosterol,	chologogue;
Bowmans' Root	and astrum (star),	verosterol;	tonic
	after the leaf arrangement.	volatile oil;	"Small doses are valuable
		citric acid;	as a stomachic tonic,
		mannitol;	in diarrhoea,
		a saponoside; .	dyspepsia and atony
		a volatile alkaloid;	of the gasto-intestinal system.
		a bitter principle	Promotes the flow of bile
		leptandrine,	from the gall bladder.
		to which the action is largely due	Boiled in milk it acts as
			a laxative; larger doses are
			purgative or emetic.

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Ref: The Encyclopedia of Herbs and Herbalism, edited by Malcolm Stuart Orbis Publishing London 1979

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