Tussilago farfara
Plant · Asteraceae
Clarke
John Henry Clarke
A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica · 1900
Common Coltsfoot. British Herb Tobacco. (Waste, sandy, clayey banks.) N. O. Compositæ. Tincture of fresh plant.
Clinical
Coughs. Scrofula.
Characteristics
"Tussil. farfara is used to this day in the form of a confection for coughs. The leaves are mucilaginous and were much used in scrofulous affections. Smoking the dried leaves relieves coughs" (Cooper). Tus. far. has also a popular reputation in gonorrhœa.
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