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Jesenski podlesek

Autumn crocus, meadow saffron, naked ladies (Colchicum autumnale). Properties and uses: It is sedative, cathartic, diuretic, and emetic. Deadly poisonous due to the presence of colchicine. Used in gout and gouty rheumatism, dropsy, palpitation of the heart; care should be used in its employment. The tincture is the best form of administration.

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Uploaded on September 29, 2008
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