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Mandragora
Mandragora officinarum
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Origin Plant · Solanaceae · Simple
ClarkePreparation Tincture of plant without the root.
Sources 2 entries across 2 books: Clarke, T. F. Allen

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No dose stated in the library’s books

Reason for useT. F. Allen

Mandragora officinarum, Mill. (Also M. vernalis, Berthol.) Atropa mandragora, Linn. Natural Order , Solanaceae. Common name , Mandrake. Preparation , Tincture of plant without the root (Dufresne). Authorities. 1 , Dr. L. C. Dufresne, Bib. Hom. de Genève, 2, 498, 1834, effects on self and another from smelling repeatedly at short intervals of the expressed juice of the plant (which has a nauseating odor like reptiles' (adders') flesh); 2 , Dr. Benjamin W. Richardson, Brit. and For. Med.-Chir. Rev., 1874, p. 242, vol. 53; also vol. 51, effects of the tincture to 20 minims.


By regionT. F. Allen
Head Heaviness and confusion of the head, [1] . A sense of fulness in the vessels of the brain, [2] . Eye. Mandragora causes dilatation of the pupil, [2] . …
Sleep Desire for sleep, [2] .
Fever Lingering coldness and uneasiness after the removal of other symptoms, [2] . [20.] Shivering sensation in the afternoon, [1] .

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