RESINA ITU ITU. This rosin which comes to us from the province of St. Paul, is used empirically for hernia. First day. -1. Stupefying pain in the head, worse when Read more…
Category: Materia Medica by Benoit Mure
PLUMBAGO LITTORALIS (NOBIS)
PLUMBAGO LITTORALIS (NOBIS) P. LIT. PICAO Di PRAIA This is a creeper, inhabiting the shores in the bay of Rio Janeiro. Its stem is herbaceous, rounded, covered with short and Read more…
PETIVERIA TETRANDRA (GOM.)
PETIVERIA TETRANDRA (GOM.) PET. MAPPA GRAVEOLENS (WELL.) PIPI. ERVA DE PIPI. This bush is common in the fields around Rio-Janeiro, where it blossoms the whole year. Its branches are erect, Read more…
PEDICULUS CAPITIS (COMMON LOUSE)
PEDICULUS CAPITIS (COMMON LOUSE) It is scarcely necessary to give a description of this species which is sufficiently known; we shall content ourselves with indicating the principal characteristics which distinguish Read more…
PAULLINIA PINNATA
PAULLINIA PINNATA PAUL. PAULLINIA TIMBO (VELL). -PORTUG.: GUARATIMBO, TIMBO-SIPO, CURURU-APÉ. This beautiful liana is commonly found in the woods of Brazil; its stem, of a flexible and tenacious wood, furnishes Read more…
PANACEA
PANACEA WE regret to say that we lost the drawings and the notes which we had collected about the tree called by the Brazilians “panacea” on account of the many Read more…
OCIMUM CANUM (D. C.)
OCIMUM CANUM (D. C.) OCIM. OCIMUM INCANESCENS (MART.) OCIMUM FLUMINENSE (WELLS.) PORTUG.: ALFAVACA THIs is an herbaceous plant having an aromatic odor, with an erect and ramose stem, about 16 Read more…