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MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 123 
Euphorbia corollata, flowering spurge. 
The root is diuretic, diaphoretic, expectorant, emetic, and was 
used in the treatment of dropsy. The juice is cathartic, 
antisyphilitic, poisonous, and the leaves are astringent, tonic, and 
narcotic. 
Euphorbia hypericifolia, upright spurge. 
Euphorbia maculata, milk purslane. 
These plants possess the same properties as Euphorbia coroliata, 
Eryngium aquaticum, button snakeroot. 
This plant has been used with some success as a diaphoretic 
and expectorant. In large doses it proves emetic. The root, which 
is the part used, is pungent, bitter, and aromatic. 
Fragaria virginiana, wild strawberry. 
The fruit is said to have medical properties and was used by 
Linnaeus as a remedy for gout. The leaves are somewhat 
astringent. 
Galium aparine, bedstraw. 
The plant, in decoction, has been used in many diseases of the 
urinary organs, in scaly affections of the skin, and in cancer. 
Geranium maculatum, wild crane’s-bill. 
The root is a powerful astringent, and was known and used as 
such by the Indians. It has been used in dysentery, aphthous 
affections of the mouth and throat, and cholera infantum. 
Glechoma hederacea, gill-over-the-ground. 
This plant has been used in catarrhal affections and in pulmonary 
consumption. 
Gnaphalium polycephalum, everlasting. 
Flowers and tops used in catarrhal affections, also as a tonic. 
Grindelia squarrosa, gum-plant. 
The fluid extract of the leaves and flowering tops has been found 
beneficial in chronic catarrhal affections, also in spasmodic asthma 
and in whooping cough, especially when complicated by bronchitis. 
Hedeoma pulegioides, pennyroyal. 
Pennyroyal is a stimulant aromatic, and is used to obviate 
nausea as well as to disguise the taste of nauseous medicines. It 
is largely employed in domestic practice. The medical properties 
are contained in an essential oil. 
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