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active. Conrad Gesner (Epist. Med., vol. i. p. 53) swallowed 

 a drachm of it in wine; copious sweats and dryness of the 

 throat followed. Its vernacular name, True-love, arises from 

 its having been given as love potions, owing to the peculiar 

 symptoms it produces. Its French name, Etr angle Loup, 

 sometimes given to it, seems to indicate its energetic pro- 

 perties. Bulliard says that the seeds excite vomiting. The 

 leaves cause cramps in the stomach, when given in large doses. 

 Medical Uses (Homeopathic).— This medicine was added 



) Hahnemann 



Hartlaub and Trinks ( 



cramps. It has as yet not been much employed in homoeo- 

 pathic medicine, but has been found useful in convulsions, 

 spasmodic coughs, in some kinds of bronchitis, rheumatism, 

 palpitation of the heart, etc. 



Antidote. — CofFea. 



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