65. Asparagus.

Botanical name: 
Asparagus officinalis

65. ASPARAGUS.—The rhizome of Aspar'agus officina'lis Linné. Cardiac sedative or palliative, diuretic, laxative. Dose: 30 to 60 gr. (2 to 4 Gm.).

A Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, 1917, was written by Lucius E. Sayre, B.S. Ph. M.