ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONTRAYERVA
From Spanish contrayerba, from contra- + yerba grass, (poisonous) plant, from Latin herba; referring to the belief that it was an antidote to poisons.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTRAYERVA»
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Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information
Dorstem'a brasz'liensis, L. Dorstenia Contrajerva, L. Aristolochia odoratissima, L.
Contrayerva, as usually known, consists of the root-stock and roots (scaly
rhizomata) of Dorstenia brasiliensis, L., and Dorstenia Contrajerva, L. The former
is a ...
K. Powdered hemlock, two ounces. Carrot juice, one pound. Tincture of opium
and saffron, three drachms. Linseed meal, sufficient. Make a cataplasm. In
cancerous ulcers. 1'ideret. Compound Powder of Contrayerva. R. Powdered
contrayerva ...
Robert Eglesfeld Griffith, 1866
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Lectures on the Materia Medica Etc. Published from the ...
SECT. l. Contrayerva, Radix Contrayerva, Drakena radix, affic. Cyperus longus
odorus Peruan'us, B. P. 14. 8: C. longus inodorus Peruanus, Ejusd. Contrayerva
Monard. Clus Exot. 311. Contrayerva radix, j'. B. 2. 741. Drakena radix, Clusi Exot
.
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Lectures on the Materia Medica: Containing the Natural ...
CONTRAYERVA. S E C T. r. Contrayerva, Radix Contrayerva, Drakena radix,
offic. Cyperus longue odorus Peruanus, B. P. 14. & C. longus inodorus Peruanus,
Ejusd. Contrayerva Monard. Clus. Exot. 311. Contrayerva radix, J. B. 2. 741.
Charles Alston, J. Bell ((Edimburgo)), John Hope, 1770
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The dispensatory of the United States of America
It is said to be tonic and astringent, and to be occasionally used in domestic
practice as a remedy in diarrhoea, aod various other complaints. It is employed in
the form oi decoction. W. CONTRATERVA. Contrayerva. This is the root of
Dorstenia ...
George Bacon Wood, Franklin Bache, 1869
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A supplement to the pharmacopoia
Root diaphoretic, sold as Contrayerva. (G.) The tuberous root is used like
Serpentaria against nervous fevers and general debility, as well as against the
bite of serpents, and when quite fresh, is said to operate more powerfully than
that, but to ...
Contrayerva, 1887, December ; 10. Cool cultivation of tropical and sub-tropical
plants, 1889 ; 287. Copaifera gorskiana, 1888; 281. Copal, Inhambane, 1888;
281. Cotton in West Africa, 1890; 135. 1891 ; 49. Crossotosoma [leery a] segyptia
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The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the ...
Brazil; there it is called Caa apia ; one of the species which supplies Contrayerva.
B. contrayerva, Linn. (F. contrayerva; G. Contrayerva^) Hab. Peru and other parts
of the Spanish West Indies ; one of the species which supplies Contrayerva.
New Sydenham Society, Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, 1882
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American Journal of Pharmacy
Cinnamyl-cacodylic Acid — Used like cacodylates. Colyticine — Parasiticide,
antiseptic, and disinfectant. Contrayerva — See Dorstenia brasiliensis. Corpulin
— Antiobesity tablets, said to consist of extract bladder- wrack, tamarinds, and ...
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A history of the materia medica: containing descriptions of ...
610 CONTRAYERVA. white Contrayerva, has got as readily into the Adulteration
of the true Root of that Name, as the white Ipecacuanha into that of the genuine
Root of that Name, though neither of them have any Resemblance either in ...
John Hill, Thomas Longman ((Londres)), L. Hawes ((Londres)), 1751
